Urgent vs. Important: Can You Live the Difference?
Urgent vs. Important: Can You Live the Difference? The above matrix is often referred to as the Eisenhower matrix, named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, who attributed it to a former college President. The college President apparently said, “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.”The matrix is frequently used in business to help leaders determine how best…



