From the course: Boosting Your Time Management with AI Tools

On-the-fly prioritization with AI

From the course: Boosting Your Time Management with AI Tools

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On-the-fly prioritization with AI

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- Some of the most fascinating research I know is not from this year, or even the century, it's from the 1950's. Paul Meehl, a psychologist, discovered something shocking. Simple statistical formulas consistently outperformed expert doctors in predicting medical outcomes. Across dozens of subsequent studies, this finding has held true. Algorithms beat experts in many domains from medical diagnosis to financial forecasting, why? Because even though humans are brilliant, sometimes, we are inconsistent. We get tired, our emotions cloud or judgment, we fall for all kinds of biases, so our decisions are not always optimal. And here's what's even more important for you. Research on prioritization shows that our biases get dramatically worse when we're under pressure. It's precisely when our day falls apart and we need good prioritization that our brains are least equipped to deliver it. This is where AI changes everything. Here's a killer pro tip that's transformed how the most productive people prioritize on the fly. At any given time, you should have a list of current projects ready with specific attributes that will help your AI make a smart decision. Let me show you exactly how to do this. Create a simple table with these columns, project name, brief description, next action, deadline, strategic importance, and energy level required. Here's what this looks like in practice. Now, for the magic. When your day goes sideways, your afternoon meeting gets canceled, a crisis emerges, or you have suddenly 30 minutes free, don't waste precious mental energy deciding what to do. Instead, copy this table into your AI tool with a prompt like, "I unexpectedly have 45 minutes free. "Given my project inventory above, "what should I focus on right now? "It's two PM and I typically have lower energy "in the afternoon. "I have an important meeting at three PM "that I need to be sharp for." Here's what the AI might respond. This works because the AI integrates all factors simultaneously without giving undue weight to any single variable. It doesn't get influenced by the stress of your day, or fall prey to the recency bias. Try this, after this video, spend 10 minutes creating your project inventory with these exact columns. Next time your schedule implodes, instead of defaulting to email, or an urgent but unimportant task, let the AI make the call. You will be amazed at how much more aligned your moment to moment decisions become with your true priorities.

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