This Weakens Productivity And Talent

Failure To Set Priorities

“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower



You may have a plan or a list of things to do, but one you need to remember is that not everything is of the same importance. Not every activity on your list will affect your life the same way. Some lead to changing you completely, some are small steps to a big breakthrough, while others won't move a needle in your life. You must recognize all of these.


Avoid prioritizing things because they are urgent or for pleasure, or will please your colleagues and friends. Instead, set your priorities right by targeting those key actions you need to take to achieve your goal. Highly esteem those activities that'll set you high.


You should prioritize your activities this way; First prioritize the mountain movers, then the huge rock movers, then the small rock movers, before you get to the sand grain movers. Weird illustration but you got the picture right.


Finally, avoid prioritizing activities that would move a needle in your life, and focus on the mountain-moving actions you need to take.

Great advice. It's always good to prioritize and reprioritize. The natural tendency is to do the easier things first. And we tend to want to face the harder stuff later. But guess what moves the needle in our lives, the HARD STUFF. Better to face them early in the day when your mind and willpower are fresh. Then face the easy peasy stuffs after that.

I love this quote by Jim Rohn.

Jim Rohn. - If you want life to be easy, do the hard things.