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Image Prioritize with ABCs

One option for prioritizing is the ABC system.

This system, preached by virtually every time management expert (especially time guru Alan Lakein) and practiced by more organization-sensitive people than any other method, is the “grandfather” of prioritizing strategies.

It’s very basic: give each task a value of A, B, or C:

Image A —if the task must be done, and soon. An A task may yield extraordinary results. If it is ...

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