MARK TWAIN

Figure out the most important tasks that you’d like to accomplish over the week. Those are your Big Rocks. 

Put them in your schedule, first thing in the day, on different days of the upcoming week. Make those the most important tasks each day, and do them first.

Many people feel unable to find time in the day to do their most important work. Research reveals that on average, in an 8-hour day, employees are only productive for 3 hours.

Here’s a cold question: what is your most important task of the day?

Don’t think about it. Just answer.

Most people will blunder to give me a fast answer. They will provide more options. Or, they will try to justify their choice. But my question was simple:

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