How to use a to-do list to achieve your professional goals?

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With the intent of making our efforts worthwhile, the foremost thing to do is conducting a To-do list Audit. For this, you need to recall all your tasks listed as must do’s and set them in the order of priorities. With the call for daily responsibilities we often tend to live the day with a blend of personal and professional tasks. Reverting to mails, buying grocery, meet and greet with friends and family etc. are the tasks that might create a lot of chaos.

The chances of deviating from the principle goals around our work are even higher. Therefore, when we should take some time to plan the day and week, this helps with the outcomes turning out more productive and focused. It is a great way for exploring potential spaces of time which can be devoted in learning new skills that help in leading the business forward.

Let’s quickly scroll through a few hacks on extracting the best use of a To-do list.

PLANNING IS THE KEY

It is recommended to plan and prepare well in advance the evening before and put to use the precious minutes in the morning to better use. With minimal distractions and complications around at night, you can concentrate better on planning a more productive and approachable list of the tasks for the next day. Planning at night gives you ample time to come up with a direction plan before you hit the ground in the morning.

DIGITAL ORGANISERS

The easiest and the most convenient way of managing the to-do list is by using smartphone applications like Microsoft To do and Evernote. These allow micro-management by listing all the things we need to get done and gives the flexibility of updating it anytime. Furthermore, we can

Set up daily and weekly task list, reminders and notes to maintain a record of every minute detail related to the tasks

The syncing feature with the desktop has taken the planning a notch higher. While I’m working away from my phones, the reminders and alerts work just the same way! Responding to reminders and alerts to tick them off once achieved has a feeling of accomplishment of its own.

A DEFINITE CHRONOLOGY

While you are planning the day, it is essential to be realistic about all the tasks that deserve your attention when and how. You should be able to differentiate between the tasks on the basis of the priority and importance. Channelising all the resources in an order of geographical and chronological importance is the best way to ensure you lack nowhere. By keeping your every day a planned move, you’ll be amazed to see how your productivity takes a major boost.

DELEGATE AND DIVIDE

In order to multiply the speed of delivering the tasks on and before time one should learn and follow the principles of resource allocation. With the mindset of doing everything ourselves, we tend to sometimes compromise on the quality, miss out on essential details and find ourselves settling the clutter with strict deadlines. This neither is intended nor expected out of us but we still end up in the web of confusion, chaos and discontent. Let’s learn the hard way but ideal way of recognising and delegating tasks with other people who are capable to deal with parts of one task with much ease and furnace. With polite conduct, we can get our work in the best frame with the help of our subordinates and associates who might be willing to contribute for the sake of achievement of the organisational goals.

GET FIRED UP

Begin your day with ample gratitude and a progressive mindset. Giving yourself enough time to execute all the planned tasks is equally important as planning the task list. While you plan to start the day, analyse your personal moods boosters be it grabbing an Iced americano or sensitising your aura with some meditation on apps like Calm and Headspace or listening to white noise to improve your concentration. Grab your bullet journal to mark your gratitude and prepare yourself to begin the day on a fresh note.

This brings us to feeling passionate and purposeful to work towards reaching our goals. We are open to hearing your ideas on how you plan to take over the day!