This morning, before I awoke, while I lay in that lush semi-conscious state, warm beneath the covers, the first rays of the dawn filtered into my bedroom.
The shit has been hitting the fan by the shovelful and I've been actively ignoring it. La de da, la la la! Time to call the Godfather and get his advice.
After about :30 minutes of running over in my mind how that discussion would probably go and what that advice would be, I leaped up, threw off the covers, and bounded into my office to start my day. Problem solving, early and often.
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I guess the prelude to this insight was a conversation with a friend who teaches the Franklin-Covey Time Management Workshop. Basically there are four quadrants of task prioritization:
Important and Urgent
Important and Not Urgent *** (this is the ideal place to spend your time)
Unimportant and Urgent
Unimportant and Not Urgent
That's the short version. I'd been spending many non-productive hours on things that weren't important. Oh, silly me!
The shit has been hitting the fan by the shovelful and I've been actively ignoring it. La de da, la la la! Time to call the Godfather and get his advice.
After about :30 minutes of running over in my mind how that discussion would probably go and what that advice would be, I leaped up, threw off the covers, and bounded into my office to start my day. Problem solving, early and often.
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I guess the prelude to this insight was a conversation with a friend who teaches the Franklin-Covey Time Management Workshop. Basically there are four quadrants of task prioritization:
Important and Urgent
Important and Not Urgent *** (this is the ideal place to spend your time)
Unimportant and Urgent
Unimportant and Not Urgent
That's the short version. I'd been spending many non-productive hours on things that weren't important. Oh, silly me!