Quadrant II: You feel like you are on top of things because of careful planning, preparation and prevention.Most of the projects you are working on demand your immediate attention due to a pressing deadline. Quadrant I: You feel you are constantly putting out fires and operating in emergency mode.If you have trouble classifying your activities according to urgency and importance, here is some more indicators for each quadrant: To evaluate yourself, take a look at your typical week and estimate the % of your time you spend in each quadrant: This will help you decide which changes in step 3 will have the most impact for you personally. To improve your productivity, you not only need to understand the overall concept of the matrix but also need to know where you are at right now. Incoming calls, e-mails and meetings - if they are neither timely nor relevant for you specifically and/or necessary to achieve your goals. Quadrant IV:īusy work with no clear impact on the company’s goals and/or your objectives. Incoming calls, e-mails and meetings - if they are not relevant for you specifically. Interruptions from colleagues for irrelevant questions or small talk. Scouting and researching new opportunities, looking into new fields or strategies and learning new skills.
Building relationships with potential partners and employees. Preparing important investor meetings or sales pitches. Planning your marketing strategy for the next 3 months, distributing responsibilities among your team for a new project and creating a detailed project plan for your product launch.
Projects with an approaching deadline like submitting your master thesis on time, sending off that Y Combinator application or submitting your yearly accounts. Pressing problems and crises like rushing to raise money for your startup to pay your employees at the end of the month, dealing with a major fuck-up in the operations department or a PR shit storm. Here is the kind of work that is typical for each quadrant: Quadrant I: It consists of 4 quadrants that classify your daily activities according to two parameters: level of urgency and level of importance. Important Matrix is a powerful productivity tool that can 10x your effectiveness. Important Dilemma, claim back my time and finally focus on the important things in my business & life. Here is the step-by-step guide I used to solve the Urgent vs. Until I found the Matrix that changed everything. Important Dilemma and it completely blocked me from doing any effective work for years.
Do you jump between meetings and urgent emails all day only to realize at 6 pm that you have not even started that important project you were supposed to work on? Or prepared for the sales pitch tomorrow? Or finally think about an effective strategy to bring down your customer acquisition cost? Does it feel like time is just flying by and you don’t even know where it went sometimes? Or do you feel you are constantly working on someone else’s priorities instead of pushing on your own goals?
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