Looks like it's going to be another late night for me.

Why?

Well, it's already six o'clock. And I'm only halfway through writing this financial report.

I think it's going to take me another three hours to finish it.

What?

I finished my part an hour ago.

  Wow really.

I thought we were allocated a similar amount of work.

What is your secret?

Eight cups of coffee a day.

Be serious. How did you finish the report so fast?

I just prioritized my workload.

What do you mean?

Well,when I found out that the report had to be finished today, I made it my top priority.

Originally, I had planned to make some calls, but I reschedule them to Friday because they weren't urgent.

That's a good idea.

I had two clients' calls today that took up an hour.

I could spend more time on the report. If I didn't have to make them.

Exactly. They weren't high priority.

Secondly, I scheduled the most important tasks in the morning because it's usually the most quite time in the office.

Also it's when I'm most productive.

Interesting. I never thought of that before.

When the office gets busy, it can become very distracting and hard to focus on work.

But how do you decide which tasks are the most important?

It's pretty simple.

At the end of every day, I spend ten minutes writting down all of the tasks that I need to complete the following day.

Then I go through the list and rank them in order of importance.

Wow, no wonder you are so efficient, Max.

Thanks for all the great tips.

Don't mention it.

Don't worry about the report either. I'll help you finish it tonight.

Really? You are going to help me finish it?

Yes, on one condition.

What's up?

You order some pizza for us to eat while we finish.

Deal.