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Lining Up Your

Ducks: Prioritize!

“Lining up your ducks” is a familiar and charming
phrase. It derives from the tendency of baby ducklings to
swim in a perfectly straight line behind their mother. If the
ducklings begin to stray too far, the mother duck will
invariably “shepherd” them back into line—thus, “getting
her ducks in a row.”
The application of this phrase to time management is
clear. If you deal with things in a logical, orderly
sequence, you’re sure to bring efficiency and results to
your efforts. When your “ducks” begin to stray too far
afield, danger is lurking—for them and for you.
ant a winning game plan for your life? This chapter will
Whelp you create it. It will examine prioritizing in all its
forms: short term, long term, personal, professional, and more. It
will guide you through a revealing array of possibilities. And it
will expose you to five prioritizing options from which you can
choose. The goal: to find a ranking process just right for your
style and disposition.

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