Limiting yourself to 3 priorities on your “todo” list can really make you more productive. I had a lot to do today. In fact, it was so much it was quite overwhelming. I decided to take on my pool first. It has this very odd looking green algae growing on the sides and bottom in some places. My week last week was so busy all I did was look at it grow. Today I had to sweep it off with a brush. It took me about an hour. Anyway, this post isn’t about my tough life cleaning my pool :) I wanted to talk about prioritizing in direction of goals.
The human mind can only take in about 3 things in one sitting. For that reason, you shouldn’t make lists longer than three. That doesn’t mean all you will get done is 3 things, because those can be like categories. ie;
1) Chores (pool, floors, clean out car, paint girls’ room, etc.)
2) Computer (write post for www.damienriley.com, comment on blogs, look up vitamin deficiency info for Postcards … etc)
3) Exercise
You get the idea. Reducuing my lists and priorities in direction of 3 goals (or less) has helped me achieve many of my dreams in life. Also, sometimes it just gave me that “I DID IT!” deep breath and feeling when I went to bed at night. Without goals, you’ll never get anywhere. But without priorities (3 or less I recommend) You’ll just get overwhelmed. It’s kind of like trying to put on a steering wheel with no steering rack.
