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by Blake

How to prioritize your busy schedule

Indeed, the most precious resource that we have in our lives is our time.  It slips away every second like sand through an hour glass.  As entrepreneurs, we are even more stressed because there are thousands of big and little things to do but sometimes only one or a handful of people available to accomplish these tasks and projects.

Add to that an entrepreneur with Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (AADD) and you have a real problem staying on focus, staying on track and getting things done.

So, how does one quickly and easily prioritize our work and keep on track, particularly when we are our own boss?

Ben Franklin effort x importance formula

Honestly, I’m not sure if Ben Franklin actually had a formula.  But, he was certainly a Leonardo da Vinci Renassisance Man type of guy with a ton of memorable sayings like, “early to bed, early to rise…” and “a penny saved is a penny earned…”  So, I’m presuming that a guy like Ben might have come up with a formula like this.  Here it goes…

Level of Effort x Importance = Priority

Assume that the level of effort is on a scale of 10 where 1 is easy and 10 is hard. Then, assume that the level of importance is also on a scale of 10 where 1 is most important and 10 is least important.

Next, brainstorm all of the big and little tasks that you have to accomplish … everything from applying for a logo at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to getting a PO Box to developing a set of proposals to changing the address on your Netflix account.

Step 1: Brainstorm tasks

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