Most time usage is enslaved by the tyranny of the urgent, when in reality the time usage that leads to true flourishing is the important.
One way time usage has been described is as a two-by-two grid.
Important and Not Important on one axis...
Urgent and Not Urgent on the second axis...
Not Important and Not Urgent is the true essence of time wasted. Don't do it.
Not Important but Urgent gives the sense of accomplishment but are actually distractions and running in circles while everyone else is purposefully going somewhere. Most of the things in this category deserve a simple but purposeful "no". For the few things in this quadrant that do need some sort of a "yes" the best answer is to delegate and outsource.
Important and Urgent are things of true value but are also the things that are relatively easy to dedicate time to because they matter and naturally have a fire lit beneath them to catalyze action.
Important but Not Urgent is the quadrant that distinguishes average time managers and masters of time usage. Things that are Important but Not Urgent are where truly great and remarkable things are breed and built.
The tyranny of the urgent is deadly. There must be a liberation to the important.
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