Weekly Planning Hack #63 - Must Do vs Nice To Do #priorities

Weekly Planning Hack #63 - Must Do vs Nice To Do

4/22/2020

“One of the best pieces of advice I heard from a mentor was to consider the MUST do’s versus the NICE to do’s when prioritizing. It’s made a huge difference.” – Jennifer Britton

With a gazillion things on your task list, what’s a “MUST do” versus a “NICE to do”? Discernment is a key topic of recent Weekly Planning Hacks here. Questions to ask yourself as you consider what is important:

Which activities, if not completed, will have significant long term (or medium term) impact?
What tasks are dependent on one another?
What needs to be completed before something else?
What runs the risk of expiring if it does not get done?
What might create a gap if it’s not completed?
What would have a negative implication if not done?
Who needs/is waiting for the product to the completed?
What is contingent on it?

Activity:
Take time to note all of your tasks. What are the MUST TO DO’s vs the NICE TO DO’s?
With those items on the NICE to do list, do these get DEFERRED? DUMPED? DELEGATED? Decide what you are going to do with them, and if they are to be delegated, make sure you check out this post on delegation, one of the tasks that many professionals find challenging.

For more on delegation, check out these past two PlanDoTrack blog posts:

If you are on LinkedIn, let’s connect and check out this older article I wrote on delegation.

Enjoy!
Jennifer

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Jennifer Britton is the blogger behind the popular Teams365 blog, a daily,blog for team leaders and members since 2014. Her latest publication is the PlanDoTrack Workbook and Planner. Pick up a copy at Amazon.
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