Martial Arts Management Starts With Prioritizing Your Day
No doubt you ended last year with high hopes for the new year. How is that going? Congratulations to those of you who are on target to hit or exceed your goals. For the rest of you, here is a martial arts management suggestion to help you gain more control of your day.
Start Each Week with High-Return Tasks
Begin each week by determining the five most important, high-return tasks that must be completed or moved forward that week. List them in columns, then list, in order of importance, the steps you must take to accomplish the task. Some steps will require your attention while others can be delegated.
Task 1
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Task 2
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Task 3
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Task 4
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Task 5
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Focus on Your Most Important Tasks
Here is the powerful part. Each day, block out time to ONLY attack whatever steps are next for your most important tasks on the list. Turn off email, tell your team you are not available, close all browser windows, and make whatever you are working on full screen.
Stay with that task ONLY for the allotted time. You may only have time to attack one or two tasks each day with this method, but you will move closer to your goals much faster.