appoint流利说商务英语level5unit1part2

2021年1月9日发(作者：邵远平)
Lesson 1 How to set priorities
When everything you have to do seems important, figuring out where to begin can be difficult.
Here are some suggestions to help you evaluate and prioritize your work.
List your tasks
Before you prioritize your work, make a list of your tasks for the day or week.
This lets you see what you need to do and determine your priorities.
And it helps you keep track of your work.
Determine their urgency
Urgent tasks are tasks that must be done soon or even immediately.
If something is due by the end of the day, it is likely to be urgent.
But if you have a week to finish it, it will be a lower priority.
Determine their importance
Important tasks are valuable activities that will greatly influence your future.
You should schedule time for important tasks every day, especially when you feel most
productive.
Important tasks usually take a longer time to complete than urgent tasks.
Failing to complete important tasks could prevent you from reaching your long term goals.
Estimate time needed
Estimate how long it will take to complete each task.
Splitting up a large assignment into small tasks can make it easier to estimate.
If you estimate that something will take a long time to complete, you should start it soon.
Otherwise you may not have enough time.

Lesson 2 mismanaging priorities
To underestimate
To underestimate something means to think it smaller or less important than it actually is.
If you underestimate a task, you think it’s easier than it actually is.
When people underestimate the difficulty of a project, they may schedule less time for it.
To overestimate
To overestimate something means to think it bigger or more important than it actually is.
If you overestimate the importance of a task, you assume the task is more important than it
actually is.
To ignore
If you ignore something, you pretend that it doesn’t exist.
To focus on your work, you should ignore the distractions such as social medias and text
messages.
To delay
To delay means to put off something until a later time.
An employee may delay doing certain tasks, because they do not think that they are urgent.
Important tasks shouldn’t be delayed to much, or else you may fall behind schedule.
To rush
To rush means to do something in a hurry, without think about it carefully.
Employees may rush through their work when they are behind schedule.
Rushing through assignments may heart the quality of your work.