{"id":211506,"date":"2021-03-26T12:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T09:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deprioritization-is-the-real-key-to-productivity\/"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T09:46:44","slug":"deprioritization-is-the-real-key-to-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deprioritization-is-the-real-key-to-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"#Deprioritization is the real key to productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3844f248089\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3844f248089\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deprioritization-is-the-real-key-to-productivity\/#A_weekly_list_of_deprioritized_projects\" >A weekly list of deprioritized projects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deprioritization-is-the-real-key-to-productivity\/#Decide_how_you_will_and_wont_invest_your_time\" >Decide how you will, and won\u2019t, invest your time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Deprioritization is the real key to productivity<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                                You can\u2019t have more than one top priority. You just can\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Deciding to prioritize one thing means, by definition, deciding not to prioritize something else. This is as self-evident as it is easy to ignore \u2014 which is why it\u2019s important to be intentional about it. The alternative is trying to do everything, which defeats the whole purpose of setting priorities.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t dedicate forty hours to five different projects next week \u2014 at least, not without some kind of Hermione Granger-type time <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>. We all know this, in the abstract, but fail to keep it in mind while planning. It\u2019s easy to make every project the top priority, but that actually means that we have no priorities.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been burnt out enough \u2014 and confused by time travel plots enough \u2014 to know what that leads to: getting nothing done. That\u2019s why it\u2019s a good idea to be explicit about which projects aren\u2019t a priority, not just which ones are.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_weekly_list_of_deprioritized_projects\"><\/span>A weekly list of deprioritized projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve been thinking a lot about priorities at Zapier this year. Everyone here <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/blog\/friday-updates-at-work\/\">writes a weekly Friday update<\/a>, which until recently was more-or-less a weekly list of completed tasks.<\/p>\n<p>However, that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach lacked focus, so we changed things up: now everyone outlines what their top priority was in the past week and what their top priority will be in the week to come. This exercise forces us to think about which project is most important and commit to making progress on it.<\/p>\n<p>But, like I said, there\u2019s a flip side to deciding on a priority, and that\u2019s deciding what\u2019s not a priority. Michael Shen, Director of Advertising and Paid <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> here at Zapier, decided to make this explicit every week. In a recent Friday update, he wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We have resultslogs, changelogs, and researchlogs: we don\u2019t really have deprioritized-logs; didn\u2019t-get-to-it-logs; something-came-up-logs. To combat this, I\u2019m taking time in each Friday update for the foreseeable future to talk about a few things that I didn\u2019t get to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And so he has, using his weekly update to catalog not only the things he prioritized, but also the things he intentionally didn\u2019t prioritize.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1344494 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"272\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Michael.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Michael.png 700w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Michael-280x109.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Michael-540x210.png 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Michael-270x105.png 270w\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDeprioritization is normal, but we don\u2019t yet do a great job of it at Zapier,\u201d Michael told me, adding that making this change has given him both clarity and balance. \u201cSince making this change, my work-life balance has been so good that I feel pretty guilty about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He shouldn\u2019t feel bad \u2014 he set a priority and stuck to it. For Steph Donily, Head of Content and Communications at Zapier, publicly admitting to deprioritizing projects is, in part, about setting a good example when it comes to work-life balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not comfortable admitting that I can\u2019t do everything myself,\u201d said Steph. \u201cBut I have to deprioritize projects because I want to make it clear that it\u2019s ok for my team to do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1344496 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Steph.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Steph.png 700w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Steph-280x93.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Steph-540x180.png 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Steph-270x90.png 270w\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that deprioritizing something doesn\u2019t mean not doing it \u2014 it means not doing it <em>now<\/em>. Both Steph and Michael are explicit about this in their updates, stating that these are projects they will get to eventually. They just weren\u2019t the most important thing to invest time in at the moment.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Decide_how_you_will_and_wont_invest_your_time\"><\/span>Decide how you will, and won\u2019t, invest your time<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You only have so many hours in a week, so make sure you\u2019re using them for the things that matter most right now. Pick <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/blog\/one-priority-a-week\/\">one priority every week<\/a> and stick to it.<\/p>\n<p>You might be able to finish five projects next week. That doesn\u2019t mean all five projects are your top priority. Prioritization is about figuring out which things you will invest your time in, in the short term. Deprioritization is about figuring out which things you need to put off until later.<\/p>\n<p>Prioritizing one project means deprioritizing something else. That\u2019s just how it is. You can ignore this reality, or you can be intentional about addressing it.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>This article by Justin Pot was originally published on the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/blog\">Zapier blog<\/a>\u00a0and is republished here with permission. 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