2.7. Eisenhower Box

We end up doing lots of activities in a single day.

• If you look at its time impact, then they are other urgent and you have to do it right now, or they can be done a little later as well.

• If we look the importance, they are either important or not that much important.

It’s easy to feel that all urgent tasks are important, but not always. Try to differentiate with due diligence.

We can create a quadrant of these choices, the categorization of the activities is to be put into one of these quadrants.

Urgent <–> Important

	Urgent	Not Urgent
Important	Urgent and Important	Important but Not Urgent
Not Important	Urgent but Not Important	Not Urgent, Not Important

Eisenhower Box

	Urgent	Not Urgent
Important	Short Deadline Crisis Delayed deliveries	Health Holiday Planning Recreational activities Learning new skills
Not Important	Distractions Not Important meetings	Gossips Time wasters

Any activity that you do, including reading this book, can be put in one of those quadrants.

Eisenhower Box helps to do effective Time Management. We have to give similar thoughts and take appropriate prioritization on where to put our efforts and what skills to learn on priority.

Eisenhower Box - Actions

	Urgent	Not Urgent
Important	Do it now	Plan it effectively
Not Important	Delegate	Avoid