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Measure a task’s urgency

Break down a master to-do list into four sections:

Urgent and important: These tasks should be done today.
Not urgent but important: Schedule these tasks for later.
Urgent and not important: These tasks should be delegated.
Not important and not urgent: Delete it from your list.

To move ahead of that to-do list, spend most of your time on tasks that are important but not yet urgent.

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Be specific

Don't let your to-do list be vague, undefined, and unclear. Any action on your to-do list must have a particular outcome.
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Put the hard stuff first

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In need of a makeover

A to-do list can be helpful but is often not used successfully. If you end the day with things undone or if you regularly carry tasks forward, you need a to-do list makeover.