Personal Task Management

Tan Tran, June 2013

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What is Personal Task Management?

Personal task management is the process of handling your own activities efficiently.

By using a system or a process, you could be more effective, thereby saving yourself from undue stress and conflicts.

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Advantages of Personal Task Management

Put more focus on your checklist, instead of having to deal with other unnecessary chores

Forecast and reschedule ahead of time

Saying “No” will not be so difficult

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A Guide to Managing Your Personal Tasks

Make a list of everything you need to do Break down big tasks into smaller, simpler ones Prioritize Always keep track of your to-do list

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Setting Priorities - Covey's Quadrants

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Setting Priorities - The ABC Method

Rank tasks into three categories:A = vitalB = importantC = nice(I, II, and III from Covey’s Quadrants)

Then it subdivides tasks in these categories into A1, A2, A3, ..., B1, B2, ... and so forth

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Task Follow Ups

Make it a habit to spend time writing down the things you need to do and do them

Up-to-date tasks schedule (on-track, finished, critical…)

Tools (online, offline, people, tick note, outlook reminder, Google calendar…)

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Discussion: How to Manage Your Tasks?

…for your attention !!!