Prioritization: Importance, Urgency, and Complexity

Intro In today’s fast-paced world, people often need to juggle dozens—or even more—tasks simultaneously within a short period of time. The advent of instant messaging tools (e.g., Slack, Teams, and WebEx) has further exacerbated this situation. The corporate world’s expectations have shifted from responding to dozens of emails within hours to replying to hundreds of instant messages within minutes. This environment is distracting, exhausting, and counterproductive. To thrive, we must adopt better strategies to manage our workload. ...

November 24, 2024 · 3 min · 593 words · Justin Hu

SMARTER Goals

Setting Goals is the first step to achieving them. Proper goals can help identify weaknesses, provide vision and guidance, and most importantly hold us accountable to the goals. Therefore, goal-setting is a crucial skill in both our professional life and personal life. Mastering the proper goal-setting skills is vital to achieving a successful and fulfilling life. SMART Goals SMART is an acronym for a widely used goal-setting technique. Its criteria are commonly attributed to Peter Drucker’s Management by Objectives concept. ...

September 18, 2023 · 2 min · 271 words · Justin Hu