Some things are important. And there are things that are merely urgent. To properly prioritize your work and be fully productive, you need to be able to understand the distinction between urgent and important.
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Program 1: Managing Yourself
Course 6: Personal Productivity
Section 2: Time Management
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LESSON NOTES
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President Eisenhower - distinction between urgent and important. Most things are either one or another.
Stephen Covey put this at the core of the third of his '7 Habits of Highly Effective People ([ Ссылка ]): ‘Put first things first’.
Effective people prioritize things that are important, but not urgent.
Urgent and Important Tasks
Grab attention and take priority. Make us feel out of control. Many people focus here. Don't. Leads to stress and burnout.
Urgent but Not Important Tasks
Interruptions, distractions, and other people’s priorities. Lead to busyness without achievement, Say ‘no’ more often or you'll feel out of control.
Not Urgent and Not Important Tasks
Trivial activities that waste your time.
Not Urgent but Important Tasks
Most value for your effort. Investments in your future. Prioritize important tasks before they become urgent. You have control, and can focus your quality time.
Planning, preparing, and setting up systems or processes are not urgent. But invest your time in them to set yourself up for your future success. Building a strong working relationship will also help you in the future. Reading and thinking are in this category. As are resting, relaxing, and doing what you enjoy. Recharging your batteries is an investment in yourself.
‘Important’
What you want to achieve in each role you adopt; your goals.
‘Urgent’
Requiring immediate attention.
The four combinations of urgency and importance each have their own characteristics. Important but not urgent tasks give you control over your time. This model is sometimes called the Eisenhower Matrix.
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Draw the urgent vs important matrix on a large chart or whiteboard. Put your ‘to-dos’ on sticky notes and place them where they belong. This will help you to assess your urgent and important tasks, and leave time to prioritize the not urgent but important tasks in future. (2 MC CPD Points)
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