Prioritizing your Priorities

Another successful LeaderCast event on May 10th!  My favourite speaker was John Maxwell who talked about Leadership is Influence - more on this event next week. 

Here is one of John Maxwell' recent blog topic on prioritizing.

Whether you are creating a Rule of 5 for your organization or yourself, the following few tips will help you get started.

1. Write down your main goal. This will be your guiding light as you create your Rule of 5. Your Rule of 5 are the steps you must take in order to achieve your goal.

2.  Build your “important” list. This can be done in a variety of ways: a: Make a to-do list for your day. Include everything that must be done that day, as well as items you aim to complete over time. or b: Write down a list of every thing you do to be successful. This can range from reading and writing to engaging with team members and building relationships.

3. Rank the items in order of priority. If various items are similar, you can categorize them to help with the prioritization process.

4. Highlight the top 20 percent of your priorities and make a memorable list of 5 things that allows you to allocate the majority of your time to those things.

5. Print your Rule of 5 and hang it where it is frequently seen. Repetition is key.

This is how I am going to apply John' steps.   I already make a priority list first thing every morning on a fresh "digital note".   It is called To Do with today' date.  Starting today, I will be adding the Rule of 5 to  this list. 

How many of you are making a Priority List and adding the Rule of 5? 

John' blog can be found at
http://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/5-steps-to-prioritize-your-priorities