the Eisenhower Matrix
or The Time Management Matrix, The Eisenhower Box, The Eisenhower Method, and The Urgent-Important Matrix.
Are you always busy and don’t know what to do first?
Too much on your plate? Wanna be more productive ?
Easy
Urgent | Not Urgent | |
---|---|---|
Important | Do it now | Schedule it |
Not Important | Delegate it | Delete it |
If you don’t use the matrix, you are more likely to prioritize tasks with a deadline over tasks without one regardless of their long-term payoffs (the “Mere-Urgency Effect”).
So be wise, take the red pill :)