Ignore the urgent and focus on the important. Why? Because focusing on the urgent just causes more urgent things to come up. The only way to really minimize the appearance of the urgent is to focus on the important. Important issues are the ones to deal with. If you focus on the important stuff, the urgent will take care of itself. Ignore the urgent so that you can do the important things that are necessary to make the urgent fires stop happening in the first place.
With the being said, I would be really interested in knowing how many hours a day everyone out there spends doing facebook, twitter, blogs and email.
How much time do you spend on facebook or twitter each day?
How many blogs or emails do you read a day?
And, if desired: How do you feel about that?
Disclaimer: Sure, this post was a bit of an overstatement, but it’s actually a pretty good principle. Minus the fact that it is very, very convicting. :)
I don't twitter, but i answer e-mails and facebook messages as they come throughout the day. I don't know that i reallly spend any time doing anything on facebook, it's just on minimized in the corner of my computer if i'm in the office so i can answer messages, but i don't even get on the computer at home, which has been a change for me, and it has not been missed. THankful for the doors that facebook and e-mail have opened, but it can become a distraction pretty easily for sure.
ReplyDeleteThe urgent things are rarely important and the important things are rarely urgent.
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Thanks for this link, Matt. I knew there was a reason I like Kansas State so much. :)
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