In this new blog post, we have as a protagonist a very useful tool to be more productive. We are talking about the so-called Eisenhower Matrix, which proposes how to work more efficiently. Undoubtedly, a great utility so you can try it and incorporate it into your work routines.
According to what is said in some forums, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said this singular phrase: “The most urgent decisions are rarely the most important ones”. I personally believe he was absolutely right. Eisenhower considered himself a specialist when it came to time management. For this reason, he was convinced that he had the ability to do everything that needed to be done when it needed to be done.
The Eisenhower Matrix helps us to discriminate between what is important and what is urgent
Whatever the task we are going to face, we should always start by breaking it down according to the Eisenhower method, which we can see in the image above.
the Eisenhower method, as shown in the image above. From there, we can establish how to proceed.
On a daily basis, we are faced with situations that present us with decisions between what is urgent and what is important. If we let ourselves be carried away by a lack of judgment, we will end up doing what is urgent and, as Eisenhower said, the most urgent decisions are rarely the most important.
Something that is decisive in this sense is to ask ourselves the following question:
- When will I be able to tackle those things that are important but not urgent?
- When will I be able to find time to take care of the important tasks before they become urgent?
As we can see, we are entering a key area: that of long-term strategic decisions. Another interesting method we can highlight to better organize our time is attributed to Warren Buffett.
What this method proposes is to create a list of everything we intend to do on a given day. Then, we proceed to carry out the first task on the list and we can only move on to the next task once we have finished the first one. When we finish one, we cross it off. And so on.
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