Tag: todo

• Avoid add a task to today’s todo list, rather add it to the future. Adding it to today’s list adds additional pressure to completing what you have already committed to do.
• Does a task need to be completed perfectly, or just good enough? Remember the 80/20 rule. Often good enough is good enough.
• Remember – you will always have things on your todo list.
• Delegate the fun stuff – then it will get done.
• Have one todo list only.
• Take a break – you cannot be productive all the time.
• Types of tasks
• Should do
• Must do
• Don’t need to do
• Remember David Allan’s wise words:
• Do
• Deletage
• Defer
• Delete (you will be surprised how often a defer turns into a delete)
• Finally, review your task list at the beginning of the day, and at the end of the day (just for a few minutes).

In my previous post I gave some tips on getting tasks done; here are some tips on what to get done.

• Never accept a meeting on the same today – it messes up your planning
• Know what you need to do today, and only focus on those – remember to eat the biggest frog First (Brian Tracey)
• Don’t do other people’s work – it is too easy to say yes, but mean no – delegate!
• Only commit to work that you can complete, and if you can’t complete it, don’t commit!
• Don’t make promises you cannot keep.
• Don’t let people flatter you, – if you don’t want to be involved, say no.