Planning and Prioritising

“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine”

–Mike Murdock (Motivational writer)

Use weekly planner which is to achieve your goals  given here.

Instructions to use easy weekly planner easily.

• Make  a list of everything you would like to accomplish today, including tasks that are urgent.

• Give a value to each item on the list. Use A B C valuing system.

A : Must be done

B : Should be done

C : Could be done

• Give a numerical value to each item on the list according to priority.

A 1                          A 2                            A 3

Following symbols can be used.

3 =   Task Completed

-> =   Planned Forward

x =  Task Deleted
=  Task Delegated (Put name’s first alphabet in circle instead of D)

o =  In Process

Avoid Five Excuses in Planning

1.   I don’t have time to plan.

2.   I already know  what I have to do, why waste time to plan.

3.   Planning  doesn’t work for me. I have too  many interruptions.

4.   I feel “tied down” when I have a long list of things I have to do.

5.   I don’t know how to plan properly.

What Management Gurus Say

• Maintain PRO (Planner, Recorder, Organiser) or diary – cum-checklist.

• Please develop the diary habit and you will feel happy, efficient and effective. It is not an easy habit to develop; but then there is no other way to get success  in your life.

• If you do not maintain a diary, chances are there  that you are either not serious about your job or you are wasting too much energy  and time on available activities

A very nice article written by Raj Bapna. I am sharing it here because I too seriously believe in this strategy of planning and prioritising the work in hand. Copyright of this article rests with Raj, I am just spreading the word across. If you want to know more about Raj then click here.

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