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#144 - Free to Focus (Chp 8 - Designate: Prioritize Your Tasks)

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You need to systematically decide what deserves your attention now, what deserves your attention later, and what doesn’t deserve your attention at all.

How to do a weekly review:

  1. List Your Biggest Wins
  2. Review the Prior Week
  3. Review Your Lists and Notes
  4. Check Goals, Projects, Events, Meetings, and Deadlines
  5. Designate Your Weekly Big 3 Things to Accomplish
  6. Plan Your Rejuvenation

Decide what goes on your Weekly Big 3 using The Eisenhower Matrix.

Spend 95% of your time on Quadrant 1 and 2 activities. Clear Quadrant 3 tasks quickly (delegate what you can) and eliminate all Quadrant 4 tasks.

How to design your day:

  • Plan days solely focused on tasks and refuse any meeting requests for that day
  • Shoot for three, and only three, key tasks each day (your Daily Big 3). Let your Weekly Big 3 inform your Daily Big 3
  • Schedule time to do your Daily Big 3 on your calendar

  continue reading

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Manage episode 381144568 series 43996
Content provided by Brandon Vaughn and Dr. Brandon Vaughn. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Brandon Vaughn and Dr. Brandon Vaughn or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

You need to systematically decide what deserves your attention now, what deserves your attention later, and what doesn’t deserve your attention at all.

How to do a weekly review:

  1. List Your Biggest Wins
  2. Review the Prior Week
  3. Review Your Lists and Notes
  4. Check Goals, Projects, Events, Meetings, and Deadlines
  5. Designate Your Weekly Big 3 Things to Accomplish
  6. Plan Your Rejuvenation

Decide what goes on your Weekly Big 3 using The Eisenhower Matrix.

Spend 95% of your time on Quadrant 1 and 2 activities. Clear Quadrant 3 tasks quickly (delegate what you can) and eliminate all Quadrant 4 tasks.

How to design your day:

  • Plan days solely focused on tasks and refuse any meeting requests for that day
  • Shoot for three, and only three, key tasks each day (your Daily Big 3). Let your Weekly Big 3 inform your Daily Big 3
  • Schedule time to do your Daily Big 3 on your calendar

  continue reading

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