How to Prioritize Challenging Tasks

HOW TO PRIORITIZE LIKE A PRO SO YOU CAN CRUSH YOUR GOALS As a single mother of 3 & solopreneur, I had to learn to prioritize well or be crushed by the massive weight of responsibilities. Sometimes it felt like Sophie’s Choice, d*mned if I do, d*mned if I don’t. I mean how do you decide if you pay for the field trip or pay the water bill? You think I’m kidding? My water got shut off. You see me now on top of the world, but it took me a decade of feast or famine, sleepless nights, financial roller coasters, shattered dreams, blood, sweat, and f*cking tears to get here. I learned so many things the hard way, and prioritization was one of them. Over time, I mastered strategies for effective prioritization, and now it’s second nature to me. I rarely have to go through these steps, because it’s part of who I am. And I help my clients do the same thing. I teach them proven high performance strategies and over time the strategies become high performance habits that enable my clients to rise to the top of their industries and absolutely obliterate their goals. Here’s how you can do the same. To PRIORITIZE LIKE A PRO, you must: 🎯IDENTIFY YOUR UNIQUE ABILITIES: What activities energize & fulfill me? Where do I consistently excel? What tasks do others choose me for? 🎯DETERMINE WHAT MATTERS MOST: Does this align with my core values & long-term goals? Will this significantly impact my success or the success of my team? Is this task urgent or simply an interruption? 🎯SET CLEARLY OBJECTIVES :Define specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, & time-bound (SMART) goals. Break them down into manageable daily tasks. 🎯USE THE IMPACT/EFFORT MATRIX:  High Impact/Low Effort: Prioritize these first. High Impact/High Effort: Next, tackle these significant but demanding tasks. Low Impact/Low Effort: Handle these in spare time. Low Impact/High Effort: Delegate these 🎯ADOPT THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE: Focus on the 20% of tasks that produce 80% of your results. 🎯IMPLEMENT TIME BLOCKS: Allocate specific time blocks for your most important tasks, minimizing distractions to reach completion. 🎯DELEGATE: Delegate tasks outside your unique abilities or that others can handle. 🎯REVIEW & REFINE: Set aside time weekly to review your progress and adjust priorities. 🎯 SAY NO: Protect your time by evaluating new opportunities against your goals. Politely decline or negotiate if they don’t align. By focusing on what matters most & aligning your tasks with your unique strengths as well as your deepest values, effective prioritization will transform your life. Today is the day to start prioritizing effectively & embrace your journey toward unparalleled success! If not now, when? #business #success #highperformance 

Let's simplify productivity. Many professionals I meet are often overwhelmed dealing with urgent matters all the time, leaving little room to think about strategy, engage in one-to-one conversations, or focus on other important tasks. It's quite common, isn't it? But there's a simple system to help you ensure you focus on what truly matters amidst your to-do list. It's called the Eisenhower Matrix, named after President Dwight Eisenhower. You simply sort tasks by urgency and importance. Here are the options: 1) Urgent and Important ➡ Do this first. 2) Urgent but Not Important ➡ Delegate or pass this on. 3) Not Urgent but Important ➡ Plan time for this later. 4) Not Urgent and Not Important ➡ Cut this out or minimize it. Also, I would add one thing that works for me in this system and how I organize my schedule: it's important to plan a certain amount of time for the urgencies we face on a daily basis, not filling the schedule only with meetings and tasks. Leaving open space in your day to deal with unpredictable things is also a good thing to do. Embracing this system in my mind has changed the way I think and prioritize things nowadays. Since I started using it, it has transformed my productivity. If you're struggling to prioritize your work, start using this method! #SelfDevelopment #LeadershipSkills #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #LeadershipJourney

Struggle for Prioritization - How to fix it? Prioritization isn't just a task; it's an art, especially at the intersection of engineering and product management. Drawing from my journey, I've found the Eisenhower Matrix to be a game-changer. It propels tasks into four quadrants: urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important, and neither urgent nor important. This framework is my compass for steering through the chaotic seas of tasks. Once, we faced a critical bug just before a major product release. Urgent and important, right? But, pausing to think, we realized it stemmed from neglecting some important but not urgent tasks in the previous cycle. Lesson learned: balance is key. Anecdotes aside, another gem is the MoSCoW method. Must-haves, Should-haves, Could-haves, and Won't-haves. It's a brilliant guide for aligning engineering and product goals, setting expectations, and avoiding scope creep. Prioritization isn't just about tasks; it's about orchestrating harmony between urgency and importance, a symphony that turns chaos into progress. Focus should be customer not my team, my service, my people. What frameworks guide your prioritization? Share your insights! #ProductManagement #EngineeringLeadership #PrioritizationJourney