What about the rest of the list?
If you are always ticking off the top three on your priority list, you will end up with a really long list of other things that never get done.
Instead have a few list variations. One high priority, one that is important, one that doesn’t require deep thinking, one with quick things that can get done in between other things, you get the picture.
That way, you end up cycling through a lot more depending on the moment or mood you find yourself in.
Interesting, Jewels.
I agree with your concept. I’d add that people have different ‘best approaches’.
Mark Twain said; “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”
Brian Tracy wrote ‘Eat That Frog’, suggesting we should tackle our biggest or most important or most difficult task first in the day. This doesn’t work well for me. I like to build up some momentum by completing some less difficult, perhaps less important tasks first. Seeing a few things ticked off my list gets me more motivated to get on with the more difficult/important things.
Each to their own as to what works. Just want to remind folks, not everything is about the big priorities and often moving the small stuff is what moves the needle in the long term.
Thanks for your comment Wayne.