Prioritize the Important - Coaching Success - #477

<div> <p>Prioritize the important for a more meaningful & productive life by getting unstuck from the <a href= "https://barbell-logic.com/the-tyranny-of-the-urgent/">tyranny of the urgent</a>.</p> <p>Check out <a href= "https://barbell-logic.com/academy/coaching-101/">Coaching 101</a> - the new Academy course designed to cover the basics of coaching. It's leaner and tighter than our other offerings (and cheaper).</p> <p>This podcast is brought to you by TurnKey Coach. Enhance your coaching effectiveness and efficiency with TurnKey Coach. You can learn more by going <a href= "https://turnkey.coach/">HERE</a>.</p> <p>Check out the <a href= "https://barbell-logic.com/podcast/">Barbell Logic podcast landing page.</a></p> <div> <h3>The Important and the Urgent</h3> </div> <div> <p>When conceptualizing and prioritizing tasks, use the Eisenhower Matrix. This is a quad chart President Eisenhower created that organizes tasks into</p> <ul> <li>not urgent and not important - <em>reduce or eliminate</em></li> <li>urgent but not important - <em>delegate or automate</em></li> <li>urgent and important - <em>schedule & pomodoro or delegate to those who can do them better</em></li> <li>not urgent but important - <em>schedule, prioritize, and defend</em></li> </ul> <p>Urgent tasks are urgent because of other people and have time constraints. Important tasks are important because they are important to you - they serve your goals and align with your values.</p> <p>Ironically, you can often find yourself ignoring those things most important to you because they're not important to others (not urgent but important).</p> <p>Because urgent tasks are important to others, you can find yourself struggling to <a href= "https://youtu.be/wDBL4D0SAFo?si=5SaythqC0CdYn7F8">overthrow the tyranny of the urgency</a> and actually accomplish (or even work toward) those things that are important to you.</p> <div> <h3>Prioritize the Important - Urgency as Enemy</h3> </div> <div> <p>Matt has some advice all the four categories above and how you can appro