How To Define What’s Important.

How do you know what needs to be done today? What is it about a task that informs you that it should be done before another one?

While it is straightforward to build a task list and schedule your appointments on a calendar, if you are new — or even a seasoned professional — to productivity and better time management, the difficulty comes from defining what needs to be done and when.

Let’s say you have a project that has to be “moved forward” what exactly does “move forward” mean? Unless you clearly define what that means, you will either procrastinate or ignore the project until someone starts shouting about it.

Defining your core work.

Having a clear definition of what your core work is is a must if you are to get yourself on top of your work. For this, you need to figure out what that core work is. For example, a salesperson’s core work is selling. This means any activity that puts the salesperson in a position where they could sell something would be a core work task. Similarly, a teacher’s core work is to teach, and any activity that involves teaching or preparing teaching materials would be their core work.

But I would go deeper than this. The words; “any activity that puts the salesperson in a position where they could sell something “is too vague. For example, it…