Priorities
Test Your Priority IQ
Pull up a chair and hear me out: You probably already know that most people think of priorities as something they plan once a year, such as New Year’s resolutions, goals, or when they have started a new business. Very rarely; however, do most revisit their priorities again, to examine if they are still in alignment with their goals.
Just imagine how your priorities might change as you move forward in your business. You deserve to reevaluate to ensure you are focusing on the things that bring a positive contribution. Life is like a shopping cart; we all need to pay attention to what we’re filling it up with. Whether Conscious or not, priorities are reflective of what we spend our time on each day. It’s easy to stay focused on priorities that are not serving you, if you are not constantly evaluating where you are going and if you are still on the path.
What is your shopping cart full of daily? Is it full of priorities that are moving you closer to or further away from your goals? Understand that priorities are simply those things you give your focus, time and attention to. So whether or not you would classify something as a priority, all you really need to do to define your priorities is to pay attention to how and where you spend your time each day. As you’re reflecting on these things right now, this may or may not be a good feeling for you.
Are you beginning to see that you will never grow to a point where you never need priorities? Successful leaders keep doing this, they keep reevaluating. It doesn’t matter if they are coaching a team, ministering to a church, or leading a multimillion dollar company. No matter what it is that you are taking the lead on in your life, you must prioritize; and to really succeed, you must learn to prioritize effectively and regularly.
You can examine the life of any great leader and you will see that they put priorities into ACTION. Just because you’re busy doesn’t mean that you’re accomplishing something. Busy, simple, mundane activities will not necessarily create the results you desire. In fact, most likely they won’t.
Look at your results. Stop and re-examine, “Am I really where I should be?” If you want to do a quick check on your priorities, then just look at your results. Are your results what you desire? If not, it’s probably time to start emptying out your cart.
Of course, you’ve heard that the best leaders turn the use of effective prioritization to work for them by accomplishing multiple priorities with each activity. This enables them to increase their focus while reducing the number of actions they take. Understand that when you are re-examining your priorities you are not necessarily adding more to your plate. In fact, often times it’s more critical that you see the need to let go of something. When you do this, you will free up more time and energy to be able to focus on the priorities you’ve decided are worth keeping in your cart.
As leaders, striving for continuous improvement, I’m encouraging you to look within…re-examine your priorities. Here’s a simple way to put this into action today.
Write down a list of what you think are your top 5 priorities; what you think they should be. Then, for the next week, keep a small notebook or piece of paper on hand to track what you do with each of hour of your day. At the end of the week, make a list of what your top priorities really were (based on your actions and how your time was spent during the week). Obviously this will make things clear for you and will help you get a feel for what your real priorities (purposeful or not) are.
Successful leaders have many things in common, one of those being that they focus daily on their goals, and what they do each day (their priorities) reflect that. What are your priorities reflecting? STOP and think of all the ways you can use planning and executing priorities to get what you want.
You can delve even more into priorities by reviewing my previous article, “Does the Way You Spend Your Time Reflect Your Priorities?”
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