1. I have a clear idea of what is important to my boss. I make sure to include those items in my decesions at work.

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2. I keep my 'To DO' list on a chart that indicates high/ medium/ low degrees of importance. I take care of H & M first.

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3. I frequently check with others on my team or in my department to be certain that my assumptions on what is important are in agreement with others with whom I collaborate.

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4. I set aside particular times periodically each day for e-mail and voice mail checks, and do not interupt other tasks to respond to these during the day.

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5. I schedule in an 'appointment' with myself for some 'thinking time' each day, at a time of day when I am usually the most alert and creative. I protect this time as if it were as critical as an appointment with my boss or an important client or customer.

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6. I have a set of performance goals in place to which my supervisor and I have both agreed; when in doubt about where to put my energy and time, I consult those goals for guidance.

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7. My workplace is organized, so that I know how to get to materials and information I need for important tasks easily.

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8. I have a plan for each week and month, as well as each day, to plan for sufficient advance time for important deadlines or projects.

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9. I prepare a PERT chart (i.e. figuring backward from a deadline estimating how much time each step in the process will take) for each important assignment

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10. I have learned how to delegate tasks in ways that gets the job done and make people feel happy to be included in the process.

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11. When a task my supervisor wants done seems inconsistent with the units and my more pressing goals, I am able to bring the discrepancy to their attention for discussion without alienating them.

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12. I seem able to prioritize multiple tasks by asking a few questions about how they relate to the over-all goals of the unit at any point of time.

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13. I maintain strong relationship with other people and workgroups to help me know what the competition and others are doing, in order to have better information for prioritizing my tasks.

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14. When I have decided to 'deep six' a project or relegate it to the back burner for lack of importance or time, I do not worry or feel guilty about it, I simply know that I am always able to defend the action I am ever asked about it. Chances are, if ones performance is generally excellent, one will be never asked.

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15. I make judgements about what to do first based on what is most important to my over-arching goals, not on who is complaining loudest.

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16. I have a clear calendar that I follow every day, with 'contingency time' built in for the day's emergencies and glitches.

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17. I stay alert and able to think clearly by maintaining a regular 'cognitive fitness' routine, preferably with time built in everyday for at least 30 minutes of exercise, 30 minutes of 'meditative time' and 30 minutes of 'being real' with other person(s).

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18. I maintain a stringent practice of 'just say maybe' - never agreeing to take on an optional task or commitment without first seeing how it fits into the rest of my immediate and long term schedule.

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19. I get enough sleep each night.

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20. I control how people are allowed to have access to e in my work space, using such strategies as standing up when people enter, screening calls, keeping my door closed except for designated hours, telling people at the beginning of a call or visit how much time we have, and scheduling time for regular communication with others so as to discourage random visits and to be sure people are fully prepared to discuss what is on their mind with me.

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