Doing Things In An Effective Way

Over the past few days, I become aware that I had many incomplete activities which was frustrating me and causing me to become inefficient and ineffective. So I decided to list down everything that had had incomplete at this present time which I was trying to get done. To my shock, I listed down 20 things that I was attempting to do.

These included trying to read 4 books at one time, incomplete website projects, incomplete spreadsheets, half-completed and listened to audio programs, starting new projects for 2008. While it was surprising that I was trying to do so many things together, it painted a better picture for me on what I had to do to improve.

The next step was to prioritize them and start working on one item at a time. The outcome was that over the next couple of days, I was able to complete 8 out of the 20items. Plus I was able to out task 3 projects. With my newed plan, I will complete most of the tasks within the next week plus feel more relaxed with the knowing that the tasks are getting done.

The lesson for me was not to take on too many things at once. That is one of the success principles of highly effective people. Also, it is very important to prioritize everything I am attempting to get done.