We’ve all felt that at one time or another.

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There are our priorities, our boss’s priorities, our family priorities and the priorities that seem to land in our lap at the last minute - like a leaky toilet that floods, dropping water from the ceiling.

But there is a way to manage all of this effectively and I’m going to show you how in this article:

We all have only 24 hours in a day.

Putting down 24 high-priority objectives for today is an unreasonable expectation.
You might be able to rush like the hare from the famous fairy tale - which leads to sloppy work and eventual burn out.  Ask me, I know.

You can only do so much, unless you hire someone - and even if then, you still have to bring them up to speed on how to do your job effectively.

So the key to strong results in your actions is making an action list you can manage every day:

1.  Choose the 6 most important actions on your list - This is less-is-more thinking.  You can’t do 50 things today effectively, but you can do 6.

2.  Identify your #1 most important action on the list - You can’t have six #1 priorities and still be effective.  Something will have to suffer.  And once you’ve decided on what it is.  Get it done first.  Even if you have to set your alarm earlier, you should shoot to knock it out before everything else.

In my career, there is a lot of surprise problems and priorities that change on a moment’s notice.  Picking my number 1 action and getting it out of the way before my work day starts gives me the satisfaction that I am doing my best work to achieve my goals.  My philosophy is if I can get my #1 action done, then it’s a successful day.

So pick your #1 action and knock it out first thing…  The early bird gets the worm.

3.  Adjust your daily count up or down - So am I going to be a stickler on you doing exactly 6 tasks a day?  No.  We each are different.  You may find that at different times in your life you need to do 4 or even 3 in order to keep up.  Six is just a good round number to start with.

Don’t be afraid to adjust your action list up or down.  Come up with a happy medium.

Finally, do your work.  Don’t expect it to always be easy or fun.  Do it anyway.  Doing the hard stuff is what separates YOU from the average people.  Doing your daily 6 is what will lead to a successful life - one that people will admire and respect.

And here’s a secret.  It gets a lot easier.  So easy, you’ll wonder why you fought it so hard in the first place.

So do your work.  Develop the habit now when you’re young.

你有曾忙到说“一天时间根本不够”吗？我们曾经都有过这种感觉。
这是我们的首要任务、我们老板的首要任务、我们家庭的首要任务并且这样的首要任务似乎在最后一刻跳到我们跟前--像一个涌出水的漏水厕所，从天花板滴下水。
但是有一个办法可以将它们有效的管理起来，此文中我就将告诉你方法为何。
我们所有人一天都只有24小时。
一天内制定24个高优先级目标是一个不切实际的期许。
你可能需要跑得像来自著名童话故事中的野兔一样--它导致草率的工作，并最终失去热情。问我，我知道。
你能做的只有这么多，除非你雇个人--即便如此，你还是需要让他们加快速度，更有效率的完成你的工作。
所以通过你的行为来强化结果的关键是制作一张你每天都可以管理的任务列表。
1． 在你的列表上选择6个最重要的任务--这就是少即是多思想。你今天不能有效地做50件事，但是你可以做6件。
2．确定你的列表上最重要的任务--你不能有6个第一重要，还保持有效的。有些事你将不得不忍受。一旦你已经决定何为首位。首先去完成它。即便你不得不要将闹钟提前，你应该在其他事情前将它击倒。
在我的职业生涯中，有许多令人惊讶的问题和首要任务在一刻间改变。在我的工作日开始让我从完成达成目标的最佳工作中获得的满足之前，选择我的首要任务，把它挑出来。我的哲学是，如果我做完了我的首要任务，那么这就是成功的一天。
所以挑出你的首要任务，一大早就把它解决。。。早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
3． 调整你的每日任务数--所以我也需要固执己见，要你一天也严谨的做6件事吗？不，我们每个都是不同的。你可能发现你的人生中不同时刻，你需要做4件，抑或是3件事情，目的在于保持。6只是个不错的整数来开始。
不要因为增减你的任务列表而感到担心。提出个折衷的办法吧。
最后，做你的工作。永远不要期望它会变得简单或有趣。无论如何，去做。做困难的事情让你和普通人区分开。每天做6件事将会通向一个成功人生--将成为人们羡慕和尊敬的一员。
这就是秘诀。它很简单。如此的简单，你将会好奇为什么你已开始那么辛苦的奋斗。
所以，做你的工作。乘你还年轻，发展这个习惯吧，就是现在。