Covey priority matrix1/12/2024 Email that you have to reply to right away or it loses value (“Do you want some donuts? I have some in my office!”).Other “Urgent” tasks that add little to no value My favorite examples, though I could have picked out more – Too much television/channel surfing for the sake of channel surfing.Quadrant 4 – Not Urgent and Not ImportantĬlearly, not urgent, not important – and an obvious time waster. In addition to providing text examples, I’m going to have a little fun and illustrate items from each quadrant in the time management matrix using one of my favorite comics, XKCD. In Quadrant 4 (bottom right) we have unimportant and also not urgent items – items that don’t have to be done anytime soon, perhaps add little to no value and also should be minimized or eliminated.These are the time sucks, the “poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part” variety of tasks. In Quadrant 3 (bottom left) we have urgent, but unimportant items – items which should be minimized or eliminated.This quadrant is highlighted because Covey emphasizes this is the quadrant that we should focus on for long term achievement of goals In Quadrant 2 (top right) we have important, but not urgent items – items that are important but do not require your immediate attention, and need to be planned for.In Quadrant 1 (top left) we have important, urgent items – items that need to be dealt with immediately.Productive people from everyone else: how were they able to prioritize their work I came across these principles as I was studying what separated highly When it comes to being efficient, Stephen Covey’s time management matrix makes it easy to figure out what you “need” to be doing with your time andĬovey is the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and First Things First
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