Measure a task’s urgency
Break down a master to-do list into four sections:
- Urgent and important: These tasks should be done today.
- Not urgent but important: Schedule these tasks for later.
- Urgent and not important: These tasks should be delegated.
- Not important and not urgent: Delete it from your list.
To move ahead of that to-do list, spend most of your time on tasks that are important but not yet urgent.
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