Listener Question: How do I choose my top priorities?

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Listener Question: How do I choose my top priorities?

Podcast Transcription

This is Episode one hundred and two.

Welcome to the Goal Achievement podcast, thank you so much for joining me, hope you're all doing really well. Just a few things to update you guys and then we have a great listener question.

So I mentioned I was going to have a great guest on the podcast this week, but she had to reschedule, so we're going to do that when I return from my trip. And you... I've Had a lot of you guys email me about my trip I mentioned on the last episode, I think I just said I'm going to Africa and people I've asked have asked me a little bit about that.

So I actually get asked a lot if I'm going to be hunting, I'm not hunting, we are going on a safari, but we'll just be taking pictures, no hunting. And we're going to Tanzania, Kenya, and... and then we're going to scuba dive in Zanzibar, so it's going to be bananas and I wanted to give you guys a heads up that I'm not planning to publish any new episodes during the time that I'm gone, so that'll be a few weeks.

So no new episodes after today for a few weeks at least I'm not planning any, I could actually do one or two if I have Internet connectivity, but I'm not planning on it. So, so, yeah, that's it.

I have a great listener question so let's get to that.

Matt, I follow you on Twitter and love that you share your top three priorities, I've been trying to figure mine out each day, but sometimes I struggle with it. Any advice?

And yes, I do have advice. I've been mentioning that I'm writing a book and I have a list of questions from the book that can help you set your priorities. So I always talk about definitely want to set your top three and I actually then encourage you to get those top three onto your calendar so you actually associate a time with them.

So it's not just something that you're hoping to do, but you actually haven't blocked off so you can knock those out. But I use these ten questions for my clients a ton and I use them in my own life, so I've... I've come up with this list and here they are, so if you're struggling, use these ... use these questions, it'll help you out a ton and let me know what you think, I'll also email these to you, the person that sent this... So you don't have to, like, write these down or whatever, but. All right, here we go:

So the first question is, so if I could... Ask yourself this: If I could only achieve one thing today, what would that be? That's a good starting point.

Second question is: What's the second most important thing I need to do today?

Third is... Third question is: What other tasks need to be completed today? So that knocks out your top three or hopefully does if you're kind of struggling.

These other six questions are good ones to get you thinking...

And the fourth question is: What could I complete today that would make me happy when reflecting on my day? You know, towards the end of the day, what... What would you what would make you happy is your reflecting back on your day.

The fifth question is: What should I not do today? Woo hoo hoo, that's a big one. Why should I not do today? So is there stuff you're thinking you should be doing that maybe you shouldn't do at all or you should consider not doing this?

Sixth question is: Are there projects or tasks that other people own? And you should follow up on them today? So are there projects or tasks that you don't own? Other people do, but you need to follow up on them to kind of check-in, it's a good reminder.

Seventh question is: What key relationships in my life need my energy today? So sometimes you need to prioritize those key relationships and block time for those, so that's the seventh question, what key relationships in my life need my energy today? It's a great reminder.

Question eight: What can I complete that would remove stress from my life? So is there something in your life that's stressing me out? You need to knock it out, that's a great place, that's a great thing to prioritize, and then knock off your list and remove that stress.

Number nine is: What tasks can I delegate to someone else today? That's a good one, huh? What task can I delegate to someone else today?

And the last question, number ten is: Is there a task I'm avoiding? If so, why? So is there something you're avoiding? If so, why? And do you need to knock it out? Knock it out?

So those are the ten questions that I think about all the time I recommend to my clients. I hope that helps you out. I will like I said, the person that emailed this question, I'll shoot you an email back with these, but I wanted to share them on the podcast as well.

As I'm gone over the next few weeks still send in your questions and we'll get to answer those when I come back, so keep them coming.

Thank you very much for this question, that's a great question.

And that's it, guys. Have a great, great next few weeks and we'll chat when I get back.

Bye-bye.

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