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The Only 3 Types of Tasks That Matter for Your Business Are you prioritizing what you should?

By Salma Jafri Edited by Dan Bova

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Have you ever been overwhelmed with a flood of tasks? How did you organize them? Did you have a system for prioritizing those tasks, or did you just take whatever seemed best and went from there?

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Salma Jafri explains the system she uses to prioritize tasks in her daily life, which she calls the three-task rule. The three-task rule defines the most important activities as either money tasks (how you can keep your business afloat), marketing tasks (how to grow your business) or spiritual tasks (to keep yourself sane).

Do your tasks fall into one of these three categories?

Click play to learn more.

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Salma Jafri

Content Marketing Consultant for Entrepreneurs

Salma Jafri is the host of Content Marketing Tips, a weekly vlog and blog on how women entrepreneurs can market authentically to their audience by using their natural strengths. Grab her free cheat sheet: 25 Free and Feel-Good Ways to Authentically Promote Your Content.

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