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Schedule Your Work

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You’ll also begin to see what work you can actu-

ally handle and what you can—and should—delegate

to others. (See the section “Delegate” later in this

book.) Lowest-priority items are often those that can

often be handed off. This is the fastest path to obtain-

ing additional time that you can use toward more

important work.

Use deadlines to your advantage

Now that you have a sense of which tasks are most

important and need to be done fi rst (or last), it’s time

to think about when to actually do them.

When planning any kind of project (even one with-

out a prescribed deadline), set realistic, meaningful

end dates. Deadlines put pressure on everyone in-

volved, but they are also crucial to get a project mov-

ing. Some of your tasks ...