I believe I use Asana differently than most people. For me, clarity is the highest priority.
Everyone has top priorities, a couple of urgent tasks, and then the lower priority ones. On top of that, you usually have an email inbox and Asana to clear, Slack channels to read. I often spend time cleaning up emails, triaging tasks and reading Slack instead of jumping straight into my top priorities.
Here’s why: if you only focus on your top priorities, there will always be another one waiting, and then another one, and then another one. It never ends. Which means you never work on clarity, you never clean up, you never triage. You’re always chasing the next urgent thing, always in the dark.
By treating clarity as the top priority, I make sure everything is clean and under control. When I work on a top priority, I know it is truly the top one. I know what’s coming next. I know I’ve replied to my team and no one is waiting on me. That way, I can focus fully on the task at hand.
This is how I keep an empty email inbox, an empty Asana inbox, and a clear task list: by putting clarity first.
PS: in some cases, you don’t have a choice, you need to dive head first into a top priority, even if you clarity takes a hit.
Bastien, Asana Expert
i.DO (Asana Partner: Services & Licenses)