The last full week before Christmas – yikes! How are we all feeling? If ever a week needed a plan, it’s this one! Time is stretched with preparation for Christmas, catching up with friends and closing off your business year. So set yourself up for a productive week by prioritising the most important things. Nobody has time for a lengthy exercise so here are some tips on how to prioritise your tasks.
You can identify the essential things by analysing your To Do list and categorising your tasks as follows:
1) Must Do
2) Should Do
3) Could Do
But how do you decide which category for which task? Here is some more information:
Must Do Tasks
Business Critical/ For Key Stakeholders/Issues if not done this week
Should Do Tasks
Adds value but not critical/The extra 20% that may not be noticed by anyone but you
Could Do Tasks
A great idea but not needed right now, ‘nice to have – could do but only if you have extra time
Simplify Things
So once you know how to prioritise your tasks, simplify your days this week by muting the phone, closing out of Email from time to time and using at least 1 Time Block per day to get those key things done.
Be productive – I know you can do it! 😉
Be Productive in 2025
To complement our in-house productivity training, in 2025 we are offering public training courses too. Starting in January the following short courses (2-hours) will be available online:
We want to provide an ongoing training option to help people work smart in today’s evolving workplace. These short online sessions are easy to fit into a busy work schedule.
The group size is limited to 8 people, so people can share their requirements and ask questions while learning practical new skills.
All training is delivered by Productivity Consultant Moira Dunne in a relaxed, interactive and motivating atmosphere.
You can contact our Productivity Consultant Moira Dunne to get further details or make a booking here.
