Harvard Business Review: How to Get Your To-Do List Done When You’re Always in Meetings
The attached article is a good read but, here are some take aways:
- Don’t wait for the perfect moment to start a new project. Break the project into smaller parts, pick the first step and get that done and look you’re on your way to starting the new project and making progress.
- Make it simple. If you can’t complete step one, it’s usually because the steps are still too big. Make a list of discrete actionable items and make them part of your to do list.
- Block some project time. If it’s important enough to be on your calendar then it will be important enough to get done. Make sure you’ve decided what will be done during those times so the time is productive.
- Calendar your priorities on a weekly basis. Take Friday afternoon to look a week or two ahead and make sure you have time scheduled to get things done.