Hey there,
Do you ever feel like you have all of the things to do… and they’re all pretty important, and they all need to be done… but, you can’t figure out which one to do first, so you do exactly... none of them?
Yeahhh, analysis paralysis is real.
We all know that setting priorities is important to keep the ball moving on projects, but sometimes it feels impossible to figure out what we should be doing first.
How do you actually work out what’s a priority in the first place, when dozens of different things are screaming out for attention.
The Eisenhower Matrix is a good place to start.
This is a decision-making tool that was created by the 34th U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower.
How it works is, you divide a piece of paper into 4 quadrants — urgent and important, urgent and not important, important but not urgent, and not urgent and not important (if you’re feeling lost check this diagram out).
The things that are urgent and important — that’s your top priority, and the things you should do first.
Urgent but not important — That’s the stuff that needs to get done straight away, but not necessarily by you… so delegate if you can.
Important but not urgent — these are things you can plan to do in the future.
And, not urgent and not important — you just found out what you’ve been wasting your time on.
This method can help you finally sort out your priorities, delegate tasks and overcome the analysis paralysis that we often face with our work.
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