Task Management in three simple steps

When given a task, ask yourself these three questions:

1. Does the task need to be done at all?
• If No, then you'd rather do something else than waste your time on this task.
• Else, proceed to the next question.
2. Do you yourself have to do this task?
• If No, then this is somebody else's task that is forced on you. Push this back or delegate to someone else, preferably to the one who was supposed to do this in the first place.
• Else, proceed to the next question
3. By how many days can you afford to delay doing this work?
• If zero, then this is bloody urgent. Do it and do it now.
• Else, schedule this for later if you have more urgent tasks to do.