First things First: Prioritize the right way
Everyone is swamped with tons of things to do. At work or in
personal life, we have lot of things to catch up. How do you handle so many
tasks?
By getting your priorities right, you can do important things
first and save others for later.
Planning: Planning tasks should always take high
priority. Without adequate planning you will end up doing things in adhoc
manner. example: Strategy for a new project and detailed plan is the first thing
that needs to be done before starting the project.
Dependent Tasks: Do things that others depend on you.
You have to complete tasks on which others depend on. While working in teams,
you always have tasks which others are looking from you. If someone else is
waiting so that you can complete a task, you better work on it first. They may
customers, colleagues and any one else.
Time bound Tasks: Tasks which are time sensitive should
be completed on priority. example: Paying a credit card bill before due date.
Risk Driven Tasks: Some tasks when not completed on
priority have risks associated with them. Examples: Renewing your passport
before it expires.
We do this kind of prioritization intuitively, but having this
understanding will help us better in our prioritization task.
Can you think of other things that drive your priorities? Let me know
