I am, by nature, a task driven individual. I like lists, and I like to cross things off of my list one at a time. Sometimes this is a blessing and sometimes it creates frustration for me because of the environment I work in. Some days I don’t get to do one task at a time because something comes up that I forgot about or we have a new potential client and we need a proposal that day, etc.

This is not to say that I do not multitask, because I wouldn’t be able to do this job if I didn’t, but there is a sort of balance you have to find between the list and the random tasks. I try as hard as I can to get my list done, but I’ve learned to prioritize (and ask others to prioritize the tasks they give me) so that if I don’t get everything done on my list that day, at least I get the most important things done.

This keeps me happy because I still get to cross things off of my list, and everyone else is happy because it keeps the workflow going without any major hold-ups.