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title: All I Want for Christmas Is You (To Get the Stuff Done that I’m Waiting For)
description: All I Want for Christmas Is You (To Get the Stuff Done that I’m Waiting For)
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# [All I Want for Christmas Is You (To Get the Stuff Done that I’m Waiting For)](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-to-get-the-stuff-done-that-im-waiting-for)

 Written by [Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/author/mike-brown) | Dec 11, 2007 1:00:00 PM

<https://www.brainzooming.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/071210+Dependency-Urgency+Prioritization-May-25-2022-01-46-05-99-PM.jpg>The end of the year used to be a rather slack time at work. That changed about a dozen years ago, and ever since, December has been one of the most frantic times of the year. Add to that the holiday rush, and it all adds up to a lot of to-do’s that need prioritization.

Here’s an alternative that’s helpful when you have many other people depending directly on the completion of your to-do’s so that they can take action.

Instead of using the typical importance vs. urgency prioritization, create a grid that pairs urgency (how soon the to-do needs to get done) with the degree to which someone else is depending on the to-do as a next step for them (great dependency to little dependency). Now place each of your to-do items on this grid, thinking about near-term items that others are really depending on as a first priority.

Using this approach will give you a little different picture of your priorities, as you orient your to-do list to the importance of helping others first. And that’s what the holidays are all about!

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