Notes Priority: What to do Next?
Urgent > Important
You are a busy body. A busy mind is a mind full of ideas. You are dropping ideas and todos into GSDfaster fast. Filling up those Buckets and Projects with a stack of actionable items. When it comes to ticking off those todos (the doing part) that list of todos can look overwhelming. But of course you prioritized them the right way? If you haven't its ok, let's run through the best practise on how to do this.
Enter Urgent and Important
You may be familiar with the Low, Medium and High Priority ratings but we don't use them in GSDfaster. They are relative and carry a different meaning to each individual. We want something that has a stronger action connection like Urgent and Important. Let's take a closer look at each:
ur·gent
adjective
(of a state or situation) requiring immediate action or attention.
im·por·tant
adjective
of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.
Q: Can a task be both Urgent and Important?
A: Nope. If something is Urgent is requires immediate action. Therefore you should do it asap. We can deduce that Urgent > Important.
Q: Is there more magic to this?
A. Yes. Take a look at the Dwight-Eisenhowers urgency importance decision matrix post I wrote which nicely explains the origins and connection.
Example
We create 3 notes and mark each with a different priority as follow..
Is Important
only
+ Is Important and Urgent
+ Not Important or Urgent
= Sorted in Bucket
After Processing these 3 notes into the Next actions bucket, GSDfaster will sort them in the appropriate priority order Urgent > Important > The Rest.
- Urgent – marked in Salmon color
- Important – marked in Yellow color and
- The rest of the notes without a priority are plain White.
So now you know which need to be addressed 1st. The notes colored in Salmon color followed by Yellows and then the Whites. Easy right?
Clarity over what to do next has been achieved using this better form of prioritization. Give it a shot and see how it changes your way of getting things done today.
Notes Priority is available in GSDfaster app version 1.6.1+
