Check out this great advice from the Time Management chapter of Stephen Covey’s book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
This time management method divides tasks into four quadrants:
Source: FranklinCovey.comThe goal of the Stephen Covey system is to learn to say “no” to tasks in quadrants III and IV, and focus as much time as possible on quadrant II. Avoid unproductive behaviors, such as social media and text messages, and say “yes” to tasks that have a positive long-term impact.
The items that are not urgent yet important get overlooked the most by unsuccessful people.
What do you do to stay focused the right tasks? What is something you could say “no” to more often?
For a more detailed discussion about this time philosophy try this article from PlanetOfSuccess.com.