Did you know priorities (plural) did not exist until the 1940's. It was invented - priority is "the one thing". One. It cannot be a plural or multiple. And that is the the most important thing, you get to choose one and focus on it.
But that is impossible because there are so many things fighting for your attention when you run a business. You can, at the drop of a hat, list many many things that need your attention and input. So if you can't exert control over the list of things that need doing what do you do?
You look to what can you control
You can exert control over which is the first thing, the second thing ...
You can control the time you want to focus on one thing by time blocking
You can control your skills and knowledge to speed up executing tasks
You can control who completes the task with delegation and outsourcing
When you are next feeling overwhelmed and your brain is spinning use the free printable table linked here to help sort things out.
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