I’ve had this quote on my cube wall for some time now (attributed to President Dwight D. Eisenhower):
What is important is seldom urgent,
and what is urgent is seldom important.
It’s been hanging out there, staring at me, but I haven’t really broken it down until recently.
During one of my plunges down the YouTube rabbit-hole, I came across this video that explained the difference between urgent and important:
Of course, I’d heard of the Eisenhower Matrix before — or at least seen it — but it wasn’t until I watched this video that I realized I’d never really thought about prioritizing my Urgent tasks and my Important tasks differently.
