HealthChat’s Stressbusters
Prioritise For Control
Ever feel that your daily life is running out of control?
You start with good intentions but at the end of the day
have achieved very little.
The answer is to work smart. Planning is the ultimate key
to increasing productivity and reducing stress.
- Compile A “To Do” List: each day in your
planner or on a piece of paper list all the things you
aim to achieve. This focuses your intentions. List everything
– phone calls, letter writing, daily chores, assignments,
e-mail replies, meetings.
- Prioritise: take your daily “To Do” list
and order each entry in terms of importance. Take the
most important item – the one you consider to be
most urgent – and number it “1”. Then
take the next most important – number it “2”.
And so on down the list.
- Work Your List: each day work through your “To
Do” list in order of importance. Always complete
each task before moving on to the next. You may or may
not complete all the tasks in one day but you can be assured
of completing the most urgent ones.
- Refresh: always write a new “To Do” list
every day. Never use the previous day’s list.
- Transfer: at the beginning of each new day do not forget
to transfer any unfinished tasks from the previous day
to your fresh list.
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