#144 - Free to Focus (Chp 8 - Designate: Prioritize Your Tasks)

You need to systematically decide what deserves your attention now, what deserves your attention later, and what doesn't deserve your attention at all. How to do a weekly review: List Your Biggest Wins Review the Prior Week Review Your Lists and Notes Check Goals, Projects, Events, Meetings, and Deadlines Designate Your Weekly Big 3 Things to Accomplish Plan Your Rejuvenation Decide what goes on your Weekly Big 3 using The Eisenhower Matrix. Spend 95% of your time on Quadrant 1 and 2 activities. Clear Quadrant 3 tasks quickly (delegate what you can) and eliminate all Quadrant 4 tasks. How to design your day: Plan days solely focused on tasks and refuse any meeting requests for that day Shoot for three, and only three, key tasks each day (your Daily Big 3). Let your Weekly Big 3 inform your Daily Big 3 Schedule time to do your Daily Big 3 on your calendar