Organize IT

August saw Organize IT turn two years old and receive a facelift. I hope you approve of the new design, I’m looking for any constructive feedback and suggestions on how it can be approved. As for content, August saw me cover in detail my ideas for prioritizing by needs. In particular I suggest you check out my four ideas that will revolutionize your productivity. I’m going to be writing a LOT more about this in the near future. As always thanks for the support!

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Welcome to the second part of my guide looking at how to deal with obstacles in your life. As discussed in the introductory post, you will come across obstacles on a regular basis. They can be anything from a minor technical problem affecting the performance of your computer, to poor tone of voice holding back your relationships with your friends. Whatever it may be, there are three ways of dealing with it, which are covered below. With some obstacles, all three measures can be used, while with others only one approach is appropriate.

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Almost everywhere you go and with everything you do, there will be distractions, complications and obstacles. They can range from something minor and shallow to something deeply influential and complicated. These obstacles can be anything from the physical to the emotional or intellectual. It can range from having to deal with traffic works on your route to work which increases your stress levels, to an inability to complete projects on time because of chronic procrastination.

One of the biggest things you can do for almost anything, especially when building habits is to look at the obstacles in your way. If you really want to quit smoking how can you do it when you’re surrounded by other smokers all the time? It’s something I’m going to write about much more in the near future. In a recent guest post by Mike King, taking about making changes to your habits, Summy touched on this by talking about making the right preparation.

Now we finally come to the top of the needs prioritizing mountain. As I mentioned previously, prioritizing by needs is where tasks are prioritized by whether you need, should, or just want to do them. In basic terms a task becomes a “need” when putting it off any longer would result in drastic consequences. If you don’t pay your bill you will get your electricity cut off. If you don’t hand in your college work before the deadline you will fail the course. If you don’t prepare meeting notes for your boss he will discipline you.