%% [[Producing]] tags:: #on/decisions | #on/leadership | #on/work | #on/self | #on/priority #on/projectmanagement people:: # The Eisenhower Box Lon Setnik dates:: 2022-08-02 %% *My most important work will not be today's emergency.* This reminds me of [[Eliminate before optimize]], decide what I shouldn't do first, then I can be better at what I should do. It's kind of like [[Forming Habits]], and [[To build better habits, change your identity]]. The new identity would be that I'm okay ignoring the alleged urgent in order to achieve the important. It's also a little about our processes being [[Amygdala Hijacking]] by the emotions and social aspects. [[management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things]]! The Eisenhower box is a decision process about how to prioritize long term over short term. This matters, because if I'm going to be healthy in the long term, and live the life I want to life, I need to make sure I'm ding the right things. It's the difference between efficient and effective. It's the [[Leading]] over your life, deciding what to do. Not that manager of your life, deciding how to do it. ### What would the opposite argument be? [[Wu Wei]] requires that you go with the flow, it might be easier to just go with the flow than to fight to be in the right box. But, since [[Four Thousand Weeks]], and [[How Will You Measure Your Life]], you cannot do it all so how do you do the right things. ## Sources: ![[eisenhower-box.jpg]] ## Source: https://jamesclear.com/eisenhower-box