Separate Urgent from Important

Are you the right person to handle this task?

Here’s a powerful reminder inspired by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the mind behind the famous prioritization framework:

What’s important is rarely urgent. And what’s urgent is rarely important.

Here’s how to apply it today:

• Important tasks are long-term, meaningful work. They require thinking, planning, and focus.

• Urgent tasks are reactive. They show up unexpecte…