Does anyone else feel like the term 'urgent' has lost its meaning at work? Lately, everything is labeled high priority, but when you ask for the reason or deadline, you get vague answers. How do you set boundaries or push back without coming across as uncooperative?

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“If everything’s urgent, nothing’s urgent”

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Yeah! Or stay at work and work 24hrs

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I have my list of tasks (short-term and long-term). I regularly show people that list, show them the priority line and ask them what they think is a lower priority task than their ask, i.e.: what now falls below the line.

When they invariably make the mistake of trying to jettison someone else's work I schedule a meeting with them AND the other stakeholder IF I disagree with the reprioritization. Either way, as the backlog grows, I ask for additional resourcing.

Do, delegate, delete - this is a manage up technique. Force people to give you more power if they want you to do more and you are at capacity.

Additional note. I generally take a swag at time to complete and complexity during the early negotiations (and if I know it, the value) to drive home how important or unimportant their task is.

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These are some great insights, but are they very much actionable at the manager or level above? Can someone do this at a lower level?

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