Use This Half-Day Productivity Hack to Knock Out Your Priority Projects
My newest article for Entrepreneur.com is out:
Without intentionally scheduling deadlines for my most important priorities, I can easily find myself working in a highly inefficient manner.
You see, my instincts tell me that I need to clear the decks of all the stuff — emails, memos, reports, etc. — so that I will be free of distractions before I start working on my true priorities.
Yeah, right. Give me a break. Are we to believe that the stream of emails, memos and reports ever subsides? Getting “caught up” is a fool’s errand, my friends. What’s worse is that you will burn your mental energy on non-priority tasks.