There are three questions you can ask yourself on a regular basis to keep focused on getting your most important tasks completed on schedule.
The first question: “What are my highest value activities?”
In other words, what are the biggest frogs you have to eat to make the greatest contribution to your business? To your family? To your personal development? To your life in general?
Give this some thought. What are the activities that give you the greatest return in the area you are focusing on?
The second question: “What can I and only I do, that if done well, will make a real difference?”
This question comes from Peter Drucker, The Management Guru. It is one of the best of all questions for achieving personal effectiveness.
What can you and ONLY YOU do that will make a difference? What is this particular frog for you?
The third question: “What is the most valuable use of my time, RIGHT NOW?”
In this moment what is your biggest frog?
This is the core question of all time management. Answering this question correctly is the key to overcoming procrastination and becoming a highly productive person. Every hour of every day, there is some task that is the most valuable use of your time at that moment.
Do first things first and second things not at all!! As Goethe said…
The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of the things that matter least”
The more accurate your answers to these questions, the easier it will be for you to set clear priorities, overcome procrastination and get started on that one activity that represents the most valuable use of your time. The more accurate your answers to these questions, the more effective you will be at GETTING THINGS DONE!
How do you think asking these questions of yourself every day would have an impact on your productivity?
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