Important vs Urgent

Aug 17 2010 Published by Tyron Bache under Business

I love twitter and Julie Patrick tweeted this today:

“often we need to prioritise the IMPORTANT above the URGENT. (paraphrase from @PJ_Smyth)”

Which got me thinking…


thinking of this table from Stephen Covey:

Quadrants

Quadrants


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I think we should prioritise our lives and focus on number 2 for the best part of our day with the ability to jump to number 1 when we need to. Number 3 is just irritating and number 4 should be fun otherwise it’s a waste of your time.

What are your priorities and where do you place things in your life?

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