Tag: Prioritizing

How to Say No to the Urgent But Not Important
The urgent and unimportant easily consumes more time than it should. But 5 strategies can help you say the “no” that your “yes” really needs.
4 September 2023
4 Questions to Help You Know Whether Something Is Important
To start cutting through the clamor of the urgent and discern whether something is actually important, you need to ask these 4 questions.
7 August 2023
How Do You Know When Something Is Urgent?
The sooner something matters, the greater its urgency. The greater the urgency, the more whatever situation will press upon you.
31 July 2023
You Need to Decide What Gets Priority, but How?
Deciding what gets priority can be tricky. But a classic decision matrix can bring clarity and guide the kinds of actions you take.
24 July 2023
Your Research Is Important, but It’s Not All-Important
If you never make time for your research, your project will go nowhere. But making time starts with deciding when you won’t do research.
17 July 2023
A Conversation about Essentials
Some time ago, Michele Cushatt, Michael Hyatt, and Greg McKeown sat down to discuss “essentialism,” or “the disciplined pursuit of less but better.” Unfortunately, the discussion recording has now been taken down. More thoughts from Greg along these lines are available in his book Essentialism. But there were two points in particular that stood out…
26 November 2018