Prioritise your work like a champion with these hacks!

This is a picture of someone's to-do list to show prioritising tasks

 

Prioritising is deciding what order tasks should be completed based on their importance. 

 

Prioritising allows you to organise your time more efficiently, complete important tasks first, meet deadlines and keep your sanity! Done well, prioritising can help you accomplish more work in less time.

 

So how do you do it well?

 

  1. Make the call

    Decide which tasks on your to-do list are the most critical. Whether that’s based on deadlines, client expectations or coworker requests. 

  2. Make them real

    Once you decide which tasks are most important, schedule them into your calendar.

  3. Set boundaries

    Once you’ve set time aside in your calendar to complete these tasks, don’t budge. Turn your emails off, let your team know and get the task done without feeling guilty or distracted.

 

Here’s some bonus tips for making prioritising easier:

 

  1. Remember you’re human

    You will get distracted by office chatter, need a lunch break, the loo, or time away from your work to refocus. Be sure to schedule breaks into your timeline for getting a task done and then it won’t seem so daunting.

  2. Use technology

    There are apps that track your time, lock you out of your phone, limit social media and more. Make it easier by having technology help you out.

  3. Don’t multitask

    It’s not productive and will just leave you feeling like you didn’t get anything done. One task at a time is the way forward.

  4. Delegate

    I’ve done a whole blog post on how to do this well within your business that you can check out below!

 

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