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Articles by Sally Ward
Eisenhower Decision Making Matrix
URGENCY
NOT URGENT
URGENT
IMPORTANT
NOT IMPORTANT
IMPORTANCE
SCHEDULE
2
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Flagged, no due date
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Adds value to your life
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Not time-sensitive
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Crisis
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Deadline
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Emergencies
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Schedule the tasks to ensure that progress is being made
DO FIRST
1
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Due, overdue, due soon
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Adds value to your life
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Time-sensitive tasks that must be taken care of now
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Long-term goals
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Learning new skills
DON’T DO IT
4
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Adds no value to your life
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Best candidates to delete
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At best, do these during your leisure time
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Some phone calls or emails
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Errands
DELEGATE
3
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Adds no value to your life
- Delegate time-sensitive tasks to others if possible
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Social media
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Delegate these tasks to someone so that you can focus on important tasks instead
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