Go all-in on what matters
Do a 80/20 analysis and determine what 20% of tasks or projects give you 80% of the results at work.
- List your biggest wins at work (the results you’re after, or your top goals) on one side of a piece of paper and the tasks you do on a daily basis on the left.
- Draw a line from each of the big wins to the tasks that were most directly responsible for that outcome. Circle the tasks that have lines drawn from them. That’s your 20%.
You can now give time and energy to the things that matter, and you can see the other areas where you can dial it back, delegate, or eliminate things altogether.
39
137 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about mentalhealth with this collection
How to ask open-ended questions
How to avoid awkward silences
How to show interest in others
Related collections
Similar ideas to Go all-in on what matters
The ABCDE Method Prioritization Technique
- "A” items are most important: the things that you must do.
- "B” items only have minor consequences: tasks that you should do, but they only have mild consequences.
- “C” tasks have no consequences: they have no effect at all ...
3. Follow the 80/20 rule
Only 20 percent of what you do each day produces 80 percent fo your results.
Eliminate the things that don’t matter during your workday -- they have a minimal effect on your overall productivity.
For example, break your next project down into steps and system...
Focus On What Matters
- Define what you want to achieve and shed meaningless tasks and goals.
- Drop, delegate or barter assignments that don’t cater to your core strengths and true purpose.
- Tackle three essential tasks to complete on a given day or three major goals to ac...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates