I was surfing Reddit today and I noticed someone had put up a very… very good blog post on “Urgent vs. Important”. I’ve provided a link below because I think it describes the things that I’ve been toying around with really well.
http://lowhangingfruit.us/2010/10/12/urgent-vs-important-a-cautionary-tale/
I’ve heard the urgent vs. important thing several times now, and most often described as a four quadrant grid. Things to keep in mind: what am I focusing on? The urgent, or the important?
Reframing the Framework 