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The Eisenhower Matrix.
Write a task, answer two questions, and it lands in the right box. Clear your head in five minutes.
Do first
Urgent and importantDeadlines and real problems. Do these today.
- Nothing here yet.
Schedule
Important, not urgentWhere your goals live. Put a date on them.
- Nothing here yet.
Delegate
Urgent, not importantOther people's priorities. Hand off, batch or shrink.
- Nothing here yet.
Drop
NeitherBusywork. Let it go without guilt.
- Nothing here yet.
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Now pick three.
Take up to three tasks from Do first and Schedule and make them today's Top 3 in Framezone. They stay pinned above everything else until they're done.
How it works
Urgent is loud. Important is quiet.
Urgent tasks shout for attention; important ones move your life forward. The matrix makes you look at both separately, so the quiet work gets a date instead of getting pushed back again.
Read the full guideDo first
Urgent and important
Deadlines and real problems. Do these today.
Schedule
Important, not urgent
Where your goals live. Put a date on them.
Delegate
Urgent, not important
Other people's priorities. Hand off, batch or shrink.
Drop
Neither
Busywork. Let it go without guilt.
Questions
Good to know.
A way to sort tasks by two questions: is it urgent, and is it important? That gives four boxes: do it now, schedule it, delegate it, or drop it. It is named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is credited with the idea that the urgent is rarely important.
Anything that moves a goal, a relationship or your health forward. If nothing bad or good happens whether you do it or not, it probably isn't important.
Most people working alone can't. Treat the delegate box as "do it quickly, batch it, or automate it" and keep it small.
Your tasks stay in this browser only, so they are here when you come back on the same device. Nothing is sent to Framezone.
The matrix sorts everything. A daily Top 3 picks the three things from "Do first" and "Schedule" that you will actually do today. They work well together.
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