The most important things should be done during work hours. The less important things should be done in your free time. And everything else should be done whenever you can but as soon as possible.
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This is absolutely correct. Within that framework a truly important principle should prevail. Never let the urgent drive out the important!
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Wow. This is brilliant.
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“Never let the urgent drive out the important!”
I have never heard that one. That is something I should write down and recite to myself every single day. I realize that I frequnetly let the urgent drive out the important and now I resolve to stop doing that! 😉 Thanks for those words of wisdom Charles Rowley.
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“Never let the urgent drive out the important!”
I think part of my problem in life has been working with people who would not believe this, or who refuse to work in the way the post describes. I am *so* tired of being told it is “arrogant” to work on real work during working hours rather than tend to peoples’ passing emergencies.
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I really know what you mean. It took me 20 minutes to walk 100 feet to my office today because I was constantly stopped by passing emergencies.
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