{"id":45,"date":"2021-04-05T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istratus.com\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T15:48:37","slug":"take-action-from-high-to-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/day-planner\/take-action-from-high-to-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action From \u201cHigh To Low\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether it\u2019s brilliant ideas or the exciting possibilities that await us, most of us have many more activities noted on our \u201cbucket lists,\u201d than the time readily available to work on them.&nbsp; In short, there&#8217;s never enough time to do everything we want to do. It&#8217;s a universal hitch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can easily bog ourselves down in time-depleting, low-yield tasks that prevent us from moving forward.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n a world where alerts and notifications pop up on us for everything under the sun, it is imperative to distinguish which alerts are critical and which alerts can be addressed later.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It really doesn&#8217;t matter which technique you use. In our App, you can blend parts of different techniques to create your own custom method that feels right, and get to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on to take action on your priorities. Check-in on that bucket list. Let iStratus, help you structure things from \u201chigh to low\u201d to make the most of your time, and keep it flowing that way, today\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s The Priority?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have 40 tasks upon your list, and before the \u201cworst-case scenario\u201d towards underachievement rears its ugly head, ask yourself: Which one of those things is the <\/span><b>most<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> important?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For iStratus, our prioritization \u201cFlags\u201d and \u201cHigh to Low\u201d preferences support your answer to that question, with an immediate method for quickly evaluating the necessity of each task on your list. We believe, through informed decision making, you\u2019re more likely to:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do what is required to complete tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognize what you don&#8217;t need to do, and as we like to say: \u201cRoll Up\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work out exactly when you need to focus on certain tasks and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accomplish what needs addressing next in line.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prioritization Tackles Two Significant Matters:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><i>Everything is Critical! <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you feel like you spend your day extinguishing fires, because everything is considered to be \u201curgent\u201d, at work or home \u2013 we hear you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use iStratus to establish a succinct prioritized list and regain control of your own time, pushing back any unreasonable last-minute expectations or requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prioritized lists can be an effective armor against delays and distractions. For instance, any new, work-related \u2018urgent\u2019 demands can potentially be refuted with evidence of clear priorities, and the cuts that would be required for such accommodations. In the long run, prioritization and productivity should aim to be improved, even if, it\u2019s in the smallest of ways. Our brains love to procrastinate and deter us from accomplishing important work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of:<\/span> <b><i>Should you really answer that email?<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not rocket science, if you constantly enable incoming emails to influence your list of priorities, you\u2019ll find it difficult to get ahead. That\u2019s not to say recurring important documents needing attention should be ignored.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We simply mean, sometimes a delayed reply to an email is justified when you\u2019re attending to what needs to be focused on first and foremost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOf course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ R. Buckminster Fuller<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rate It, We Say.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking about the \u2018High to Low\u2019 points we mentioned earlier, research suggests, the MoSCoW process (pronounced like Russia\u2019s Capital) is a humble technique for the resourceful distribution of every task into one of four categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>M \u2013 The Must Do\u2019s (M): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are rated as such for immediate attention.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>S \u2013 The Should Do\u2019s (S): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the \u2018Should Do\u2019 tasks that are important, but they\u2019re not as critical.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>C \u2013 The Could Do\u2019s (C): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the cream of the crop, kind of To-Do\u2019s. You\u2019d like to do them, but if you don\u2019t, it&#8217;s unlikely to be a big deal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>W \u2013 The Won&#8217;t Do\u2019s (W): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are things that really aren&#8217;t worth doing. Hello, procrastination!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the MoSCoW technique in Stratus, to evaluate your To-Do list. By the end, you should be able to see your tasks inflow, from top to bottom in accordance with their priority. Any W tasks should be deleted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you consistently address your list from the top-down, you\u2019ll always feel a sense of focus and direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, by the way \u2013 we recognize, some days you might feel off base, and that\u2019s okay. Remember, there\u2019s always more than one way of doing things.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might find, iStratus works better for you in <\/span><b>5 Simple Steps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIvy Method\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclude every workday identifying the six most crucial tasks remaining on your list for tomorrow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order those in terms of priority.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set to work in the morning, focusing on task <\/span><b>number one<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until it&#8217;s done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete tasks in sequential order.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue until all six tasks are complete (preferably). Repeat this process daily.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bottom line: Do what works.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which elements work best for you?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live life and roll well with iStratus.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it\u2019s brilliant ideas or the exciting possibilities that await us, most of us have many more activities noted on our \u201cbucket lists,\u201d than the time readily available to work on them.&nbsp; In short, there&#8217;s never enough time to do everything we want to do. It&#8217;s a universal hitch. We can easily bog ourselves down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/day-planner\/take-action-from-high-to-low\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Take Action From \u201cHigh To Low\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-planner","category-time-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istratus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}