Advanced Eisenhower Matrix
Sort your week's tasks into four quadrants: urgent-important, important-not-urgent, urgent-not-important, neither.
Goal
Shift your time from constant reaction to others' requests to deliberate investment in important-not-urgent — where big results are made.
Steps
-
1
List all tasks for the coming week (15-30 items).
Expected Outcome
Evidence base
School: Time Management / Covey 7 Habits
Founders: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Stephen Covey (1989)
Attributed to Eisenhower's 1954 speech, developed by Stephen Covey in "7 Habits" (1989) under Habit 3 "Put First Things First".
Keywords
Frequently asked questions
How long does "Advanced Eisenhower Matrix" take?
When will I notice the effect of "Advanced Eisenhower Matrix"?
Is "Advanced Eisenhower Matrix" evidence-based?
Is "Advanced Eisenhower Matrix" suitable for beginners?
Subscribe for full access
Subscribe to Plus for full access to this practice and the whole catalogue, or try first — free, no sign-in, no commitment.
7 complete practices (one per domain) are free forever, no sign-in.