Consider helping anyone consuming your communication, analysis, proposal, or other information by setting a specific time, a time frame, or a relative time category.

Do not simply add a new item to a list; always place the addition into a priority ranking. When your manager asks you to perform a new duty, make certain you review your current, prioritized task list, and be clear where the new activity fits.

A commitment binds you to an activity at a qualitatively and quantitatively different level than mere involvement and, therefore, be selective.

Accepting an imperfect but useful implementation of some plan may be fine.  Holding out for a perfect or even better plan may not be productive, resulting in no progress at all. 

Recognize that when you set expectations and meet or exceed them, affected parties are pleased.  Conversely, when you set expectations and come up short, folks are disappointed.

A key concept in finance is called the time value of money.  The idea is that people prefer to have a certain amount of money today rather than the same amount in the future.

Approach others’ statistics with a degree of skepticism and try to understand what is being reported, and perhaps why it is being stated a particular way.  Similarly, consider how you should report your statistics.

Things may have gotten out of hand.  If you had been faced with the current situation you would have taken immediate action, but troubles crept up slowly and you didn’t appreciate it.

Be an informed consumer of compound interest, what you must pay on what you borrow, and how prices can rise over time.

Overall, organizations, teams, and individuals tend to focus, enjoy, and be good at certain facets of business and it is beneficial to know who you are and who you are not.