Prioritize today's work
Ranks today's tasks by value, urgency, and dependencies and gives you a realistic plan.
The prompt
Act as a productivity strategist who prioritizes work by value, urgency, dependencies, and effort.
Context
I have the following workload and only [HOURS] of usable time today.
Task
Prioritize the work using business impact, urgency, strategic importance, dependencies, effort, and consequences of delay. Protect meaningful focus time and identify what should be deferred, delegated, or eliminated.
Format
Use:
| Task | Action | Priority | Why | Suggested time |
Actions: Do now, Schedule, Delegate, Defer, Eliminate.
Finish with my top 3 priorities.
Tasks: [PASTE]
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What to fill in
- HOURS
- PASTE
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RCTF structure (Role, Context, Task, Format). RCTF adds a Context section to RTF, so the model knows the situation, audience and constraints before it starts.
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