ARE YOU BUSY?

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Really how busy you are?  Yes, of course with a list of personal / official tasks always. But Is it impossible to find time for some unplanned task which comes instantaneously? Not at all. Then, were we busy?  Is it a matter of priority? How you manage your priorities make you attend any kind of tasks. 

Stephen R Covey in his famous book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” explains the 3rd Habit as “Put First Things First”- a habit of Integrity and Execution. When we put 4 quadrants based on Urgency and Importance as shown in figure, the challenging quadrant 2 is the row and column for “Important, Not urgent” tasks. That includes all tasks for Prevention / Planning / Improvement. Those are prerequisites needed to avoid urgency later, hence they are important. Only way we can focus on quadrant 2 is to divert our attention from Quadrant 4 which are just time wasters obviously. Success lies in utilizing our available time for quadrant 2 and avoid quadrant 4. A crisis / emergency situation or Interruption occurs at any time as allocated in quadrants 1 and 3, which are out of our planning or control.









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  1. Soham ChachadOctober 3, 2020 at 9:51 PM

    Very well conceptualised

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  2. Satheesh SadanandOctober 4, 2020 at 2:34 AM

    Very powerful lesson for managing tasks personally and professionally. The ability to determine the urgency and importance comes with experience.

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    1. Jayaraj NarayanaOctober 4, 2020 at 10:23 AM

      Thank you Satheesh, appreciate your comments with your experience too.

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  3. Saina NarayananOctober 4, 2020 at 11:39 AM

    This has to be reminded again and again. If we keep track of this priority check on every task comes to us, before starting execution, we can choose to focus on Q2 and act accordingly. Thank you Jayaraj, for reminding and emphasizing it again.

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  4. AJOctober 4, 2020 at 9:56 PM

    Very important and useful tip on managing multiple different personal and professional tasks.Thanks for reminding this Jayaraj Sir..!!

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    1. Jayaraj NarayanaOctober 4, 2020 at 10:08 PM

      Thank you Ajay for your time and valuable feedback.

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  5. Binal JasaniOctober 18, 2020 at 8:17 AM

    Great msg to focus on imp things which will lead to near to our goals

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