Practical methods to prioritize work

  • “The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and ...

    Why You Need a Daily Prioritization Meeting

  • Learning how to prioritize...

    ...means getting more out of the limited time you have each day. It’s one of the cornerstones of productivity and on...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • Master lists

    Capture everything on a Master List and then break it down by monthly, weekly, and daily goals . Start by making a m...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • Eisenhower Matrix

    The matrix is a simple four-quadrant box that answers that helps you separate “urgent” tasks from “important” ones : ...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • The Ivy Lee Method

    Rank your work by its true priority with the Ivy Lee Method: At the end of each work day, write down the 6 most imp...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • The ABCDE method

    Instead of keeping all tasks on a single level of priority, this method offers two or more levels for each task : Go...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • Set the tone of the day by “Eating the frog”

    Once you’ve prioritized your most important work, it’s time to actually choose how to attack the day.How you start th...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • Warren Buffett’s 2-list strategy

    Cut out “good enough” goals with Warren Buffett’s 2-list strategy. Write down your top 25 goals : life goals, career ...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • The sunk cost fallacy

    Humans are especially susceptible to the “sunk cost fallacy”—a psychological effect where we feel compelled to contin...

    How to Prioritize Work: 7 Practical Methods for When "Everything is Important"

  • 5 lessons about Prioritization

    Beware the seduction of task-based lists : the process can create a sense a false sense of satisfaction once y...

    First Things First: The 5 Secrets to Prioritization

  • Ruthless prioritization

    It means deciding not to do things you'd really like to do. It also means deciding what's the most important task eve...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Consolidate All of Your Tasks Into a Single Source

    To-dos arrive from a variety of sources . Your boss sends you an email, you get a Slack message from IT, a bill arriv...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Analyze Your Task List

    Go through your list, review each task, and decide what you want to do with it. You have 4 options : Do : complete t...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Use a priority matrix

    Take all of your tasks and assign each a priority. This tool is particularly helpful for those times when you're dro...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Use relative prioritization

    Assign each task a priority number, to weigh each task against the others in order to determine where to start f...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Focus on your Most Important Tasks (MITs)

    Choose a few (usually 3) tasks to get done each day; those become your MITs. When using MITs, your to-do list would...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Pick a single thing to focus on

    When you're really struggling to get anything done, you should try this method, even if temporarily. When you look a...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Find your 20% task

    The Pareto principle states: You tend to get 80% of your results from 20% of your work. What's really tricky is wor...

    How to Ruthlessly Prioritize Tasks to Get More Done

  • Daily prioritization check-in

    Do I really have to do this now? If so, is it “The Most Important Thing? ” If not, where does it fit relative ...

    Why You Need a Daily Prioritization Meeting