Time Management : Set Priorities to Get the Right Things Done

PRIORITIZE YOUR TIME

your list are the most urgent. It might be wise
to tackle them earlier in the day, when you have
more energy and stamina.

Managing the Variables on Your Lists
You are now primed to prioritize your tasks,
put them on a to-do list and cross them off, and
then go after what’s next. But there is one more
dimension to prioritizing your time: chang-
ing contexts. Things like fi nancial imperatives,
deadlines, other projects, and other commit-
ments affect priorities. Anticipating rapid and

“All work takes place

in time and uses up

time. Yet most people

take for granted this

unique, irreplaceable,

and necessary resource.

Nothing else, perhaps,

distinguishes effective

executives as much as

their tender loving care

of time.”

—Peter Drucker