Use Importance and Urgency Matrix to Prioritize Tasks

Intro Unsurprisingly, people often need to attend to dozens or even more different tasks simultaneously in this fast-paced world at a given period of time. Technologies have exacerbated the situation with the invention of instant messaging(e.g. Slack, Teams, and WebEx). The corporate world’s expectations have changed from a few hours of response time for dozens of emails to dozens of minutes for hundreds of instant messages. Such a situation is distracting, exhausting, and counterproductive, and we must find better ways to cope with it. ...

November 24, 2024 · 2 min · 407 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