Eisenhower matrix

Eisenhower matrix

Not urgent Examples:  Learning.  Testing ideas.

Important  Doing physical exercise.  Eating healthy food.  Communicating with friends.  Planning what you want to do when.

Not important

Urgent

Not urgent

Important

Not important

Urgent

Examples:  Life - death emergencies.  Crisis communication.  Deadlines of important tasks.  Learning to do something that needs to be fixed now.

Not urgent Important

Examples:  Watching entertainment.

Not  Eating unhealthy food. important  Phone call about topics of little relevance.

Urgent

Not urgent

Urgent

Important

Not important

Examples:  Irrelevant meetings.  Phone call or e-mail with irrelevant demands.

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