Prioritization

“The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.” — Oswald Chambers

“Just because it’s what’s done, doesn’t mean it’s what should be done.” — Cinderella

“You can do anything, but not everything.” — David Allen

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” — Stephen Covey

“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.” — [@newportDeepWorkRules2016]

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= 排序

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先做完該做的事，再做你想做的事。

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Don’t sweat the small stuff. Don’t major in minor things. Learn to differentiate the majors and the minors.

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If you have more than 3 priorities, you don’t have any. You must choose what to focus on. Not choosing is the worst thing you can do because now you’re compromising everything. If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.

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There are also many situations in which it makes tactical sense to defer, delay, delegate, or procrastinate on any given task, and go work on something else instead in the meantime; not everything is equally important, and also a given task may in fact become much easier (and be completed in a much better way) if one waits for one’s own skills to get stronger, or for other events to happen that reduce the importance or need for the task in the first place.

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How to Decide What’s Worth Doing? (by Tim Ferriss)

• The thing must have the following properties:
  • Upside: Uncapped exponential outcomes
  • Downside: Possibility to build a skill that you carry/reapply elsewhere
• Example
  • Writing Twitter tweets/threads

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Frameworks to Prioritize Daily Tasks

• The 3-3-3 Method by Oliver Burkeman
  • Spend 3 hours on your most important thing
  • Complete 3 shorter tasks you’ve been avoiding
  • Work on 3 maintenance activities to keep life in order
• The 1-3-5 Rule
  • 1 major task that has significant impact or is a top priority
  • 3 medium tasks that are important but not as critical as the major task
  • 5 small tasks that are relatively easy to complete and often quicker
• The 1-2-3 Rule
  • 1 Most Important Task
  • 2 Important & Urgent Tasks
  • 3 Maintenance Tasks

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Mental Tools

• The 80/20 Rule (The 99/1 Rule)
• Bottleneck Analysis
• Inequality, Everywhere
• The 20-slot Life Punchcard Rule by Warren Buffett

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See also:

• The 5-25 Rule