How to Set Priorities and Get the Job Done

re: How to Set Priorities and Get the Job Done

dglvr — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:19:15 GMT

I am the worlds worst procrastinator. Good ideas, good discussion. I am trying to get some major remodeling done to my house so I will use some of the tips here and maybe will get it done sooner. Thank you for the input.

re: How to Set Priorities and Get the Job Done

TiaIsWorried — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:52:07 GMT

One way that us procrastinators do better in trying times is the thought that tends to dominate our lives, "that can wait".

While it isn't a good thing when it comes to paying bills or having a tooth fixed, it most definitely a great thing when it comes to saving money.

Amazing how little you spend if you always put off going to the store. For any wanted purchase, I strive to make it wait, for at least a few days. If you wait, it is uncanny how many times you figure out you just don't need whatever it is you wanted.

But, for the rest of my life, I use a combination of the above tools to make sure the things that have to be done, get done.

For the rest, "it can wait" is lifesaving.

re: How to Set Priorities and Get the Job Done

hoopoe — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:03:40 GMT

I love the "Covey Quadrants"! I found that cutting out TV altogether allowed me to add lots more rocks to the jar each day. I also am someone who gets addicted to games, so I deleted the games from my computer. I had gotten really good at minesweeper, too. Oh well! Maybe I'll reload it again if I ever plan to go out into the world and sweep some real mines, so I can get some prep. :o)

re: How to Set Priorities and Get the Job Done

Miss Bliss — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:06:49 GMT

Part of what I do is teach time management, prioritization, and learning when to just let it go.

I know so many people who regularly spin themselves into the stratosphere trying to do a million and one things in one day and then they can't sleep because they missed something. I used to be that way myself, until I decided that no one was going to give me a medal ( can to imagine my shock...lol) for multi tasking myself to death....lol

I like Covey's tier....and I use something similar.

re: How to Set Priorities and Get the Job Done

moises — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:41:57 GMT

Let me preface this by stating that there is no right way to optimize your personal productivity. Pragmatism rules here, meaning that if it works, it's good. So you have to find what works for you.

That said, I have written many times of my gratitude to Dr. Mercola for being the first to inform me of David Allen's book Getting Things Done. Implementing that system was a life-changing transformation for me.

Lately, I have found a way to modify Allen's system so that my personal productivity has made another qualitative improvement. I am using the system from the book Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster. The key is the idea that you don't change a list while you are working off that list. It's very simple. But some of the very best ideas are.