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LearningThe Eisenhower Matrix

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The squeezeA two-by-two grid, urgent on the left and not urgent on the right, important on top and not important below. The four quadrants are labelled do, schedule, delegate and drop. A dashed line marks where an even split between the columns would sit, and the real dividing line has been pushed well to the right of it, so the urgent quadrants are wide and schedule, holding planning, learning and prevention, is squeezed narrow. It is the only filled quadrant and is marked as squeezed.urgentnot urgentimportantnot importantDocrises, real deadlines,important work left lateScheduleplanninglearningpreventionsqueezedDelegateor shrink, batch or push backinterruptions, many requestsDropbusyworkhabit

A two-by-two grid, urgent on the left and not urgent on the right, important on top. The quadrants are labelled do, schedule, delegate and drop. A dashed line marks where an even split would sit, and the real dividing line has been pushed well to the right of it, so the urgent quadrants are wide and schedule, holding planning, learning and prevention, is squeezed narrow and marked as squeezed.

Urgent work expands, and what it expands into is the work with no deadline to defend it.
Urgent work expands, and what it expands into is the work with no deadline to defend it.

Urgent work expands, and what it expands into is the work with no deadline to defend it.

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