The Mastery of Prioritization

Use "Urgent" and "Important" to create the 5 classifications of tasks

Think about potential
Important tasks have MAJOR consequences if it is done or not done in the long run.

Urgent tasks have MAJOR immediate consequences if it is not done.

Highly productive people prioritize which is the most important.

A. Immediate drastic consequences if not Done

Cannot put these off without causing serious problems = important, urgent

"In your face";  important telephone calls; EMERGENCIES; almost always determined by other people.

B. Long term consequences = important, non-urgent ` (spending time with fam, exercising, upgradrading knowledge and skills, physical fitness and exercise  CAN be put off, but will have greatest LONG term impact on your life.  

C. Killer of careers = non-important, urgent (telephone calls with friends,  talking about what was on TV)
No consequences of not doing it.  Nice to do but have absolutely no consequences to your career or success.

D. Completely useless irrelevant with no consequences at all, = (reading teh newspaper, going shopping, calling home to see what's for dinner. "nice to do but no consequences"

*E. Eliminate = so unimportant that you can eliminate them completely.

The rule is never do C items when there's Bs to do and never do Bs when there are As to do and so on.

Simply append A,B,C, or D to your tasks. With numbers so 2nd most important task would be A2.

In a wierd way, for your health life down the road, Bs are most important but not doing As can get you into serious trouble which is why they must be done to ensure you can focus on Bs. As should be done before Bs because not doing them can have dire consequenes.