I'm curious what planning with the eisenhower matrix looks like for you. Do you do a daily planning session? What tool do you use to organize the tasks? I ask because I've always found eisenhower tracking clunky for me--no good system
Great question Jordan! I group the tasks into the matrix weekly. I use old fashioned pen and paper (more recently a digital notebook, Remarkable) to roughly group my current initiatives into quadrants.
I then use that as a guide to decide my top 3-4 priorities for the week, which I pop onto a OneNote doc. Then each morning I refer to the weekly priority list to schedule my todo list directly onto my calendar for the day.
It’s not a perfect system, but I iterate on it to fix any inefficiencies. I’m aware of people who use Notion templates for the Eisenhower matrix, and I think Asana also supports it - worth checking out.
Thanks Bhavana for reminding the importance of important not urgent tasks .
I could see the main issue why most people stuck with Urgent and important tasks because it is driven from outside . Accountable to some one like manager , prod issue etc .
Whereas important but not urgent tasks are like mostly self driven and person always need to check and accountable for his/her actions towards those Goals .
The important, but not urgent stuff could be what’s holding you back from growth and that next big win / promotion.
It’s so easy for me / us to get caught up in the day to day that we forget about long term impact. We forgot about the things that aren’t urgent and end up spinning our wheels on fires rather than building a better future.
Agreed Caleb! Ultimately it is down to us if we want to do meaningful work that helps us grow in our career. For far too long I’ve relied on my manager to manage my time for me, and I now realize I should’ve started doing this sooner. Thanks for reading!
Love the strategies in the article, Bhavana.
I'm curious what planning with the eisenhower matrix looks like for you. Do you do a daily planning session? What tool do you use to organize the tasks? I ask because I've always found eisenhower tracking clunky for me--no good system
Great question Jordan! I group the tasks into the matrix weekly. I use old fashioned pen and paper (more recently a digital notebook, Remarkable) to roughly group my current initiatives into quadrants.
I then use that as a guide to decide my top 3-4 priorities for the week, which I pop onto a OneNote doc. Then each morning I refer to the weekly priority list to schedule my todo list directly onto my calendar for the day.
It’s not a perfect system, but I iterate on it to fix any inefficiencies. I’m aware of people who use Notion templates for the Eisenhower matrix, and I think Asana also supports it - worth checking out.
Love that! I do a similar thing of breaking weekly priorities -> daily tasks.
Flowing backwards has been a game changer.
Thanks for sharing more about your process
Bhavana - I remembered bobby axelrod - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yt7ngxWv1Y
Thanks Bhavana for reminding the importance of important not urgent tasks .
I could see the main issue why most people stuck with Urgent and important tasks because it is driven from outside . Accountable to some one like manager , prod issue etc .
Whereas important but not urgent tasks are like mostly self driven and person always need to check and accountable for his/her actions towards those Goals .
This is a great read 👏🏼
The important, but not urgent stuff could be what’s holding you back from growth and that next big win / promotion.
It’s so easy for me / us to get caught up in the day to day that we forget about long term impact. We forgot about the things that aren’t urgent and end up spinning our wheels on fires rather than building a better future.
Find a way to do impactful, long term work.
And ways to drop or delegate work that’s not.
Thanks for sharing Bhavana 🙌🏻
Agreed Caleb! Ultimately it is down to us if we want to do meaningful work that helps us grow in our career. For far too long I’ve relied on my manager to manage my time for me, and I now realize I should’ve started doing this sooner. Thanks for reading!