Chapter 2. How to Work More Effectively with Tasks and Priorities

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL

  • Discover how to set priorities.

  • Use task lists.

  • Define your own customized views.

  • Use filters.

  • Fine-tune your priorities.

  • Use a To-Do List.

“Everything Is Important!”

DO YOU HAVE so much to do that a lot remains undone? So much that you forget something once in a while? So much that ultimately time runs short, because you just couldn’t get started earlier? Do you sometimes get the feeling there just aren’t enough hours in the day, and there is no way that you will get everything done?

People who scamper from one crisis into the next and still manage to keep things more or less under control feel as if they have accomplished a whole lot. “Wannabe action heroes” measure ...

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