PRIORITIZING & ORGANIZING

To receive credit for please remember to print and complete the last slide of this presentation and submit it to your coordinator.

Why Prioritize?

• To manage stress

Why do people get stressed out?• Too little time…too much to accomplish• Disorganization which leads to an in ability to keep

track of things

How does one eliminate stress?

Organize and prioritize!• “It is how people respond to stress that determines

whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.”

-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Croatian

How do you Prioritize?

1. Make a list of all the important tasks you need to accomplish

MAKE A LIST OF 3 TASKS YOU NEED TO DO:1.2.3.

How do you Prioritize?

2. Develop each task into steps (what you must do to accomplish the task)

DEVELOP EACH TASK INTO 3 STEPS (LESS IS FINE)1.

A.B.C.

2.A.B.C.

3.A.B.C.

How do you Prioritize?

3. Organize! Look over your list and re-arrange from earliest due date and most important to latest due date and least important

ORGANIZE AND RE-ARRANGE YOUR TASKS1. (earliest due date/highest priority)2.3. (furthest away/lowest priority)

How do you Prioritize?

4. Post a to-do list on your bathroom mirror or wherever you will be guaranteed to see the list everyday

Results

Because of your organizing and prioritizing you’ll… you can…– See exactly what you have to accomplish– Know which tasks are most urgent and should be

accomplished first– Check things off on your to-do list once you have

completed them– Be stress free because you got everything done!

Student Name:

PRIORITIZING & ORGANIZING

List three important tasks you need to accomplish:

a. ________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________________

Develop each task into 3 or less steps

Re-arrange your list in order from earliest due date/highest priority (1) to latest due date/lowest priority (3)

a.

b.

c.