Thanks—glad you like it. I don’t know how the Eisenhower Box is usually taught, but from references to it online in e.g. blogs people don’t seem to question its validity. But in practice they can’t be following it that literally, e.g. they won’t be doing all the things it tells them to do and delegating all the things it tells them to delegate, etc. So I suppose they must be treating it as just a rough-and-ready guide.
I say I was taught it—it was more like my first boss saying to me “look, if you mark things as urgent/important then it helps you see which tasks you should prioritise”. I don’t think he mentioned delegation as I wouldn’t have had anyone to delegate to!
Thanks—glad you like it. I don’t know how the Eisenhower Box is usually taught, but from references to it online in e.g. blogs people don’t seem to question its validity. But in practice they can’t be following it that literally, e.g. they won’t be doing all the things it tells them to do and delegating all the things it tells them to delegate, etc. So I suppose they must be treating it as just a rough-and-ready guide.
I say I was taught it—it was more like my first boss saying to me “look, if you mark things as urgent/important then it helps you see which tasks you should prioritise”. I don’t think he mentioned delegation as I wouldn’t have had anyone to delegate to!
Sometimes you can delegate things to your boss—e.g. by declining work he tries to delegate to you (say “I’m too busy”).