Maximize Your Time with Better Priorities

We explore how to prioritize all the competing demands on your time to maximize your effectiveness and happiness. Show Notes 2:50— We discuss how prioritization touches all different aspects of one’s life — personal, career, health, etc. 7:08— Ian shares his experience years ago when he discovered the need a framework for prioritization when he felt overwhelmed with all the things he needed to do. 11:42— March discusses how moving from Ireland to the US and then having children changed his priorities and the way he prioritizes his time and energy. 16:44— Darren frames his experience with prioritization in terms of practicing delayed gratification. 18:59— March describes the triage method that firefighters and first responders use to prioritize. 22:30— Ian explains the Eisenhower decision matrix. 27:46— We discuss the connection between prioritization and delegating some tasks to others or outsourcing some tasks. 35:48— March discusses the importance of having a rhythm and routine in your planning. 37:13— Ian explains that a key aspect of the Eisenhower matrix is having a single list including all of your personal and work related tasks. Darren and March share their personal methods for combining their personal and work priorities. 43:23— March shares a piece of wisdom from Mark Twain about doing the most distasteful task in your day first. 45:14— Ian shares a key piece of wisdom about prioritizing the one thing that will give you the most sense of satisfaction once you have accomplished it. 46:09— Darren shares his opinion that the #1 most important life skill is the ability to exercise delayed gratification. 49:16— Darren discusses the challenge of balancing the needs of others you care about and one’s own needs. 52:25— Ian describes the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) method employed by Google and other large firms of aligning goals and priorities across the company. 59:12— Darren describes the RICE Method for prioritizing business decisions. 1:03:52— March explains the ABCDE Method for prioritizing all the tasks in a very long list. 1:06:25— Darren admits to being (very) human in his planning rigor and commits to re-adopting the practice of planning his days on the night before. 1:07:33— March shares a tip about focusing on the “mean time between recovery” instead of the “mean time between failure.” 1:10:20— March is going to document the change in his daily routine when he moves back to Ireland later this summer. 1:13:13— Ian is committing to applying the Eisenhower matrix to his Productivity Planner routine. Mentions Eisenhower App RICE method from Intercom 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Follow Us Instagram Facebook Twitter Subscribe iTunes RSS Weekly email newsletter Full Episode Transcript Better Show Blog Feedback Email: [email protected] Enjoy the show? Leave a review in iTunes! Tell two friends about the show!