The Secret of Success

Another tips from the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Tasks fit into the following scale

• Urgent & High Importance = Emergency


• Not Urgent & High Importance


• Urgent & Low Importance


• Urgent & Low Importance

The secret is to not give time to the Low Importance Tasks.

Emergency Tasks obviously have to be looked after right away.

The key is to focus your time on Not Urgent & High Importance tasks. This way you can do the tasks before they become Urgent. This allows you to do them better and on your terms.