WORKING OUT PRIORITIES

Priorities can be divided up into:

URGENT - must be done now.

IMPORTANT - must be done soon.

UNIMPORTANT - must be done eventually.

There is, of course, a lot of overlap so you might also list the things you have to do only in order of importance - the top one or two becoming urgent.

Keep a diary and a pencil handy to record things as they crop up.

You could also use a card index, or even a computerised database, whatever you feel you can work with. 

If you find that more than two items are urgent, then you are the victim of bad planning - do it better next time!!

MOST OF ALL

BE FLEXIBLE - LEARN TO FIT THINGS IN

and

BE EQUIPPED - DIARY, TIMETABLES,
CARD INDEX, ETC.



Another way of setting priorities is to use the 4D system:

DUMP anything that does not need to be done at all... 

DELAY what you can't dump...

DESIGNATE a time for what you can't delay...

and then..... 

DO IT!

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