How do you organize your day's schedule?
One motto that I live by is "schedule your priorities; don't prioritize your schedule".
A "to-do" list often sets you up for failure. When you make a to-do list, it is generally a list of odds and ends clumped together in an organizational fashion to give you an outline of what needs to be done. There are three problems with this type of system:
1) Your "important" and "urgent" priorities may get mixed up with the "not important" but "urgent" duties (see my post on the 80/20 rule here to understand the difference).
2) There will be things that become added to your list...regardless of priority, these usually get placed at the bottom.
3) If you don't finish your list, it feels terrible knowing you didn't accomplish everything you set out to.
By scheduling your priorities, you have to know what tasks need to be completed today, tomorrow, this week, next week, next month, or those tasks which can be delegated. We must feel comfortable pushing off important and non-urgent tasks for another day while focusing on the immediate urgent and important.
I have a daily/weekly/bi-weekly planning tool that I utilize daily and I'm happy to share that with anyone interested! Please email me at coachchrispassmore@gmail.com
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