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Document your tasks
You can't just say that you have too much work. You need to be specific.
Create a clear list of everything on your to-do list, due dates, and estimates of how long it will actually take to complete those tasks. This list will help understand the workload and what trade-offs would need to be made to have a more manageable list of tasks.
However, be prepared for your boss to tell you that some tasks can be completed satisfactorily by doing less work that is good enough, not perfect.
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Feeling overwhelmed with your workload
Working from home often means that supervisors don't know how hard their team works. As a result, you may feel overwhelmed with the tasks that are loaded on your plate.
Don't assume you are supposed to feel overwhelmed. You should be able to speak to your team leader about your workload. Ho...
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Analyse your workflow
When you document your tasks, be clear about where requests come from and to whom you are passing your completed work.
Your boss may be unaware of how many people add things to your to-do list. The information can help in deciding which people should be able to give you assignments and how ...
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Suggest priorities
If you are already working efficiently, you'll have to determine which tasks will get done and which ones need to be passed on or left for now.
Consider what work you would prioritise if you could decide what to do. Then, write down your justification and bring that information to the meeti...
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Finish your tasks
After you start working on a frog, continue working on it until you can take it off of your to-do list.
To do this effectively, you'll need to make sure you have tasks that are small enough to complete in one sitting. Also, make sure you have time blocked to work on your task.
Make three to-do lists
We usually have more tasks on our to-do list than we ever can complete. This causes us to get caught up in a never-ending cycle of doing the easiest and most urgent tasks first and putting off the harder ones that are most important.
Instead of working...
Here are some potential to-do lists you can use to organize your
- Vision list – a list of all the things you want to experience in life, basically a kind of a bucket list
- Maybe someday list – Things that are not particularly important, that you may do one day
- The 100 day to-do list – your quarterly plan, with priorities selected for the com...
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