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How To Get Your Work Done Quickly

Guest post by: Dana Carmichael

Article Overview: Zig Ziggler and the Parkinson's Law illustrate this tip on how to be more productive and efficient. In order to get lots of work done quickly it is necessary to prioritize your list of tasks to complete and then set a deadline for completion. Without setting a deadline, your "to do" list will linger indefinitely.

How To Get Your Work Done Quickly



A mile long "to do" list, endless tasks to complete and feeling there is not enough time can drive a person crazy. Knowing that there is so much to be done and feeling pressed for time only leads to frustration and sometimes procrastination.

Here is a tip to help overcome the frustration and stress and put you on the track to completing your tasks quickly.

In Zig Ziggler's training he tells this story. Pretend your best friend calls you and says she has 2 free tickets to Hawaii (He used Mexico but I prefer Hawaii), all expenses paid and you leave tomorrow. "Can you be ready to go?". Immediately, you think of all the things you have to do and you may say to yourself, "there's no way I can be ready" but you really, really want to go.

Knowing that you really want to go to Hawaii and that you leave tomorrow, gives you that motivation and focus necessary to get your work done. You prioritize you list so that you do the most important and then you turn on the after burners to get the necessary work done and you do it quickly and efficiently.

Another way of explaining this tip is Parkinson's Law, which says, work will expand so as to fill the available time for completion. So in other words, unless you have a deadline the things on your "to do" list will just linger. By identifying the most important tasks and giving yourself a deadline for completion you will find that you are able to get lots of work done quickly.

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Article Tags: focus, get work done, motivation, Parkinsons Law, timemanagement, work done quickly, Zig Ziggler



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