ABCDE Method – Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy is an international success coach. He has produced a Podcast series entitled “21 Great Ways To Double Your Productivity.” In this installment of that series, Brian Tracy discuss how to double your output by using the ABCDE Method.
You will find the principles discussed in this article simple to implement in your life. The ABCDE Method by Brian Tracy is hands-down one of the most effective time management methods anywhere.
This method will help you to learn to pick the most valuable task and then to discipline yourself to work on that task until it is complete. Time management revolves around helping to clarify for you the most important task that you should be working on, before you start working.
It’s easy to figure out your most important task. Think about which, of all your tasks, will carry the greatest consequences, whether or not it’s finished.
All highly productive people constantly think about potential consequences of the tasks they need to perform as they plan. Then they choose to work on the tasks that will have the greatest consequences.
The three steps of Brian Tracy’s Successful ABCDE Method:
1. Make a list of everything that you have to do.
2. Go through the list and put one of these letters (ABCDE) by each item
A’s will be your most important tasks. These have the greatest consequences. Always complete these first.
B’s carry less consequences and should be completed second. The consequences are minor and not long lasting.
“C” items are nice to do, but have no consequences. These are things like reading the newspaper at work, phoning a friend, or going out for coffee. Again, these are nice to do, but carry no consequences for your career or for your long-term success.
You should always complete all A’s before moving onto the B’s. Complete all B’s before moving onto the C’s and so on.
A “D” task is a task you delegate. You need to delegate as much as possible to partners or coworkers who can do that particular task as well or better than you.
“E” means Eliminate. Get rid of these without fear of consequence.
Remember, you must discipline yourself to free up your time so you can work on your A and B tasks. Simplify your life and free up time.
And the last step in the ABCDE Method…
3. Put A’s in order of priority.
Put “1″ by highest value task, “2″ by the next highest value: A1, A2, A3, etc. Once this is complete, put everything else aside and begin working on “A1″ right away. Work on “A1″ is fully complete.
If you follow this Brian Tracy Success Secret, you will be well on your way to doubling your productivity.
I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.