1. Extraordinary Productivity
Quadrant I: Necessity
Quadrant II:
Extraordinary Productivity
Crises
Emergency Meetings
Last-minute deadlines
Pressing problems
Unforeseen events
Proactive work
High-impact goals
Creative thinking
Planning
Prevention
Relationship building
Learning and renewal
Quadrant III: Distraction
Quadrant IV: Waste
Needless interruptions
Unnecessary reports
Irrelevant meetings
Other people’s minor issues
Unimportant s, tasks, phone calls, status posts, etc.
Trivial work
Avoidance activities
Excessive relaxation, television, gaming, Internet
Time-wasters
Gossip
IMPORTANT
NOT IMPORTANT
URGENT
NOT URGENT
FranklinCovey’s Time MatrixTM from Kogon, K., Merrill, A., & Rinne, L. (2015). The 5 choices: The path to extraordinary productivity. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.