If you want to get good results either doing business or in your daily life, I think it is crucial to be well organised. I guess we all have had those messy days when you plan to do lots of things but do not accomplish any of them. Then you go to bed thinking, “what did I spend my time on today?” and promise yourself “this will change, I will get down to it tomorrow”.
Well, as they usually say at the alcoholic anonymous meetings: the first step is to realise there is a problem and accept it. The second step is finding a solution. And what is the solution in this situation? I strongly believe it is writing everything down. Yes, you have heard correctly. Either you buy an agenda or use the calendar that is in your smartphone.
Although some people think writing things down on a piece of paper (and using a pen instead of a keyboard!) is old-fashioned, I honestly believe it is the best way to visualize everything and cross out the tasks you accomplish along the day.
I will put an example. First, write down everything you need to do tomorrow (brain storm): calling the dentist, meeting your friend Sarah for drinks, buying food, paying the rent (online bank transfer). The second thing to do is assigning priorities. Order your task taking into account how important each thing is (you can put a number next to each duty or reorder it again). In this case I would write down the most important taks first. Paying the rent, Calling the dentist, buying food and meeting your friend.
In the last place, you need to manage the time. That is why I would also write down the time next to each task so that you can work out how long it will take you to finish each activity.
Although all this may seem like a lot of hard work, it will hardly take you five minutes and at the end of the day it will be worth it, as it will save you lots of time. And most importantly, you will not forget about things!
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