Spend 95% of your time on Quadrant 1 and 2 activities. Clear Quadrant 3 tasks quickly (delegate what you can) and eliminate all Quadrant 4 tasks.
How to design your day:
Plan days solely focused on tasks and refuse any meeting requests for that day
Shoot for three, and only three, key tasks each day (your Daily Big 3). Let your Weekly Big 3 inform your Daily Big 3.
Schedule time to do your Daily Big 3 on your calendar
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True productivity is about doing more of what is in your desire zone and less of everything else.
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