Abcde List Final
Abcde List Final
Abcde List Final
CHECKLIST
EXECUTE ALL YOUR DAILY TASKS WITH
THE ULTIMATE PRIORITIZATION TOOL
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Plan Your Day Using the ABCDE Method
Your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to
get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably
have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you
can develop.
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Plan Your Day Using the ABCDE Method
You then place an A, B, C, D, or E next to each item on your list before you
begin the rst task.
Hint: If you have more than one A task, you prioritize these tasks by writing A-1,
A-2, A-3, and so on in front of each item.
A B item is dened as a task that you should do. But it has only mild
consequences. This means that someone may be unhappy or inconvenienced
if you dont do one of these tasks, but it is nowhere as important as an A task.
Returning an unimportant telephone message or reviewing your e-mail would
be a B task.
Note: The rule is that you should never do a B task when an A task is left undone.
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Let's
Plan give
YouritDay
a try!
Using the ABCDE Method
template below
Use the checklist below to
to list
list out
out everything
everything you
you must
must get
get done
done
today in no particular order. These can be work tasks, personal
tasks, and anything in between.
After you list out each task, use the space to the left to assign a
letter ranking to that task in accordance with the ABCDE method.
Remember:
A - Tasks you must do.
B - Tasks you should do.
C - Tasks that would be nice to do.
D - Tasks you can delegate to someone else
E - Tasks that you can eliminate altogether
Ranking Task
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