Getting Things Done

Ep: 33 - Wrangling Your Priorities

Aug 28, 2017
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INSIGHT

Competing Priorities Are Natural

  • Competing priorities are a natural part of organizational and personal life with constant choices required.
  • The key is trusting your intuition and choosing the task with the highest payoff at the moment.
ANECDOTE

Adjusting Schedule to Reduce Conflict

  • David Allen adjusted his work schedule to spend quality time with his young daughter and reduced competing priorities.
  • Changing work times improved his personal life and alleviated stress around conflicting demands.
ADVICE

Externalize Thinking and Iterate

  • Externalize your thinking about priorities by talking it out or writing it down to gain clarity.
  • Avoid oversimplifying prioritization with rigid formulas; instead, focus on iterating and course correcting as you go.
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