If you have three things to do for the day, you ll get all three done. If you have twelve things to get done for the day, you might not get all twelve done, but probably will get nine completed. See, having a lot to do creates a healthy sense of pressure on us and we almost automatically become better time managers. Prioritize your list. Our list will almost always include crucial as well as not crucial items.
Some items are more important, others less so.
Without some direction, we tend to gravitate towards the not crucial items because they are typically easier to do, take less time, and may even be more fun than many of our crucial items. A simple numerical listing will suffice. Put a 1 next the most important item on your list, the one item you would want done if you could only accomplish one item. Then place a 2 next to the second most important item, continuing the process until all the items on your list are prioritized in order of their importance. Get your free copy of Top Five Time Management Mistakes .