Brian Tracy Success: ABCDE Method to Set Priorities
Brian Sylvan
The following is taken from Brian Tracy's "21 Great Ways To Double Your Productivity - number 4" Podcast.
Brian Tracy's ABCDE Method of time management is one of the most effective tools available. You'll find his methods simple and easy to implement.
Learning to pick your most important task and working on that task until it is complete is the most important time management principle you can learn. The ABCDE Method will help you to identify your highest value tasks before you start working. Identifying these high value tasks before you start working is imperative to your success.
To figure out which task is most valuable to work on, think about the consequences of completing each task. Your important tasks are the ones that will have the greatest consequences, whether or not you complete them.
That's the key: to continually identify the consequences of completing, or not completing, a given task.
The three steps of Brian Tracy's Successful ABCDE Method:
1. Make a list of all of your To Do's.
2. Label each item with an A, B, C, D, or E.
An "A" item represents something that you must do. These items have serious consequences. These are your key tasks. Work on these first.
"B" items are "Should Do's" but carry fewer consequences than "A" tasks.
C's are nice to do, but not essential to do. Your long-term success will not be affected at all by these tasks.
The rule is to never do a "B" item when an "A" item is still on the list; never do "C" when there's still a "B". Pretty easy instructions, but it takes discipline to implement the list and follow it in order.
D's need to be completed but should be given to someone else. In one word - delegate. The only time you should spend on these tasks is the amount of time it takes you to figure out someone to delegate the task to.
"E" means Eliminate. Get rid of these without fear of consequence.
Remember, you must discipline yourself to free up your time so you can work on your A and B tasks. Simplify your life and free up time.
Lastly...
3. Order "A" tasks by priority.
Put "1" by highest value task, "2" by the next highest value: A1, A2, A3, etc. Once this is complete, put everything else aside and begin working on "A1" right away. Work on "A1" is fully complete.
If you follow this Brian Tracy Success Secret, you will be well on your way to doubling your productivity.
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