Are You Listless?Make a List!

Frank DiBartolomeo

My Objective

• Convince you that the method of accomplishing tasks that I will explain today is the fastest method to getting things done

Do you have too much to do?

• Are there enough hours in the day to get done what you need to?

• Do you feel stressed all the time?

• Do you feel like you are falling further and further behind?

Important - Urgent

Important/Not Urgent

Important/Urgent

NotImportant/Not Urgent

NotImportant/

Urgent

Fastest Method to Getting Things Done

• It’s as easy as “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “E”

• Eight steps to incredible accomplishment

Fastest Method to Getting Things Done

• Step 1 - Make a list of all the things you have to do

• Step 2 - Put an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “E,” according to the following:

• “A” - a task you have to do, there will be serious consequences if you do not do it

• “B” - a task it would be great to do, there will be some consequences if you do not do it

• “C” - a task that would not make a difference if it was not done, a waste of your precious time

• “D” - a task you should delegate, do not do this task if someone else can

• “E” - a task you should eliminate, do not do these tasks

Fastest Method to Getting Things Done cont’d

• Step 3 - transfer all the A’s to another new list

• Step 4 - on the “A” list, put a “1” next to the most important task, put a “2” next to the next most important task and so on until all the tasks are labeled with numbers.

• Step 5 - stick with the A1 task until you have finished with it. Do not go on to another task until you have finish A1

Fastest Method to Getting Things Done cont’d

• Steps 6 to n - do tasks A3 to An in order, stick with each task until it is done

• Step n+1 - when all the A tasks are done, go on to the B tasks using the same method

• Step n+2 - when all the A and B tasks are done, you are done

Takeaways

• There is no other method that you can use to get tasks done quicker

• Prioritize by importance first and urgency second

• Never do a task that is unimportant, even if it is urgent

• Never do a “B” task when there is an “A” task undone

• Never do “C,” “D,” or “E” tasks

• Doing important tasks that are not urgent is what you are aiming for

Final Thought

This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will.

I can waste it or use it for good.

What I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.

When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.

I want it to be gain, not loss; good not evil; success not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price I paid for it.

- Author Unknown

Are You Listless?Make a List!