There is a lot written about how to prioritize your work tasks. Everyone tries to develop a matrix where we sort the urgent and the non-urgent; the important versus the unimportant. We may try to avoid or fall into the trap of “last come, first served” to the cubicle. We have a host of lists and tools to organize our day. There is a steady stream of emails, Outlook Calendar reminders, people at the coffee machine, etc. It is hard being white collar.
Now here is a very simple algorithm for deciding which tasks should leapfrog which, in your office work as an engineer: supporting your people in the field is the top priority.
Prize: figure everything out while sweating in 40 deg C on 2 hours of sleep
How does this make for a reasonable principle?
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