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Dream about your Big goals which have no fixed deadlines by
going from their realization in your imagination backwards.
4. Jot down To-Do Lists
If you are working in a number of key areas, with a range of
SMART goals in each of them, you could have as many as 15
ongoing activities at any one time. Keeping an occasional to-do
list is a way to review all of these activities and keep them at the
forefront of your mind.
Tip: Alec McKenzie recommends writing out to-do lists every
evening and then working through them the following day.
5. Prioritize Your To-Do List
There are two ways to prioritize the activities on your to-do list.
You can decide if they are urgent or if they are important.
Urgent tasks are those that have a deadline to them. They are
also tasks that we want to do because the time is right or feels
right, i.e. we’re in the mood.
Important tasks are those that you believe will bring you
quickest to your goals.
Tasks that are both urgent and important are the ones you
should devote time to.
Tasks that are not both of these can be relegated down your todo list or delegated to somebody else.
Tip: You must be ruthless about tasks that are neither important
nor urgent and dump them.
6. Schedule Your Tasks
It is much better to schedule tasks than leave them to be done
when you feel like it. For example, you are much more likely to

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