Watch out for tasks that are€¦

Quadrant 3: Urgent but not important €“

These are the kind of activities that steal away productive time €“ the phone ringing, someone else's deadlines, etc €“ activities that we can naturally fall into if we are not careful. Are you a 'yes' person? The action that works here is to push back. The more you say yes to these requests, the less of your own time you will have.

Ignore tasks that are€¦

Quadrant 4: Not urgent and not important €“

These activities have the simplest approach: ignore them. Timewasters, paper exercises and pointless phone calls all need to be ignored.