Establishing Priorities

Kenneth has 14 years of healthcare experience in government and private industry. Over eight years of experience managing healthcare IT projects, operations, contracts, and personnel. His work experience includes project management, contracts and procurements, data analysis, claims adjudication, business writing, and business process modeling. Kenneth was certified in 2006 as a Project Management Professional.

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Most people are familiar with the practice of making resolutions for the new year. You might decide to lose weight or work harder at increasing your skill set. You may even want to spend more time doing something you enjoy doing instead of being too busy with less important time wasters.

These resolutions do not need to be saved for a new year or even a new project though. Any time is the right time to review your priorities and determine if you are spending your time on the right tasks and goals. If your priorities are determined correctly, then everything else will simply fall in line with the work that you are doing, whether that work is at your occupation or elsewhere.

What Are You Doing?
The first step in establishing your priorities is to look at what you are currently spending your time on. While we all have tasks and responsibilities that must be performed, even some of those things should be evaluated against the priorities you want to set for your life. You can keep track of your time for a few days or a week and see if you get sucked into meetings or busy work that does not directly correlate with the priorities you want to set for yourself.

Understanding what you spend your time on may lead you to an understanding of what your priorities should be—or it might just lead you down a road where you decide you need to be spending your time on other tasks.…

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