Avoid LIFO and BPUF
Interruptions are constant. New requests come up all the time. If you always try to meet the last-known need, all your long-term activities end up taking a backseat. You will never finish anything, since the last thing that came in will be first to come out—Last-In-First-Out (LIFO). Add to this the inability to complete activities, since you have to put so much energy into the process of constantly receiving and evaluating new information. This will lead you to a state of chronic mental over-stimulation. It will increase your stress level and affect your results.
One alternative to LIFO is to make a Big Plan Up Front (BPUF). ...
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