Comments on: How NOT to Set Priority for Tasks

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TODO: sorting by Covey's and Blanchard's Quadrants | There Is NO Box — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:32:05 +0000

[...] great article from Life Optimizer on how NOT to prioritize! Updates: [Original post: November 30, 2007] [Updated: November 3, 3008] [Updated: January 21, [...]

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What Happened to My Priorities? | SheenOnline — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:16:46 +0000

[...] task priorities and Donald over at Life Optimizer gives a great explanation as to why (read the full story here). I never actually thought about this until I saw his post, but it raises another [...]

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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:27:39 +0000

[...] to prioritizing where tasks are split into those you need, should or want to do. However, Donald at Life Optimiser has a great look at just why exactly GTD doesn’t have any prioritizing. It’s certainly [...]

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By: Donald Latumahina

Donald Latumahina — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:29:55 +0000

Luciano,
GTD’s lack of priority was something that puzzled me, so I was excited when I saw a possible explanation from Covey’s quadrant. It makes me better understand the context of GTD.

By: Luciano Passuello

Luciano Passuello — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:13:46 +0000

David Allen often talks about not prioritizing stuff, but I have never made the link to the Quadrants. That makes perfect sense.

Thanks for the great insight, Donald.

By: Donald Latumahina

Donald Latumahina — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:06:00 +0000

Flora,
I’m glad you shared your thoughts on how to deal with quadrant 3 tasks. Quadrant 3 is perhaps the most difficult to deal with. It’s not important but its urgent nature could distract us and we could end up wasting a lot of time there.

Stu,
Yes, I also love his ‘Last Lecture’. It gives me a lot of useful life lessons. No wonder he also did well on his Time Management lecture.

By: Stu | Improved Lives

Stu | Improved Lives — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:45:50 +0000

Thanks for the Randy Pausch lecture, I didn’t know he had done anything on Time Management!

I recently saw his ‘Last Lecture’ ( http://www.improvedlives.com/2008/06/13/the-power-of-inspirational-people-and-their-stories/ ) and I was immediately impressed by him.

By: Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D.

Flora Morris Brown, Ph.D. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:57:12 +0000

I can’t believe how many people give their precious time to Quadrant 3 tasks.

I read an article recently about how to handle telemarketers or unwanted phone calls. The author gave a series of polite ways to deal with these folks.

Since the advent of caller ID and voice mail why even answer these calls? If the call is important the caller will leave a message. If you decide to pick it up, then you may do so.

One person I suggested this to said it was impolite. A minister said during his sermon that not answering your phone when you’re really at home is lying.

What’s wrong with these people?

I give my cell phone number to close friends and important contacts. Anyone still calling on my home line is either one of my distant friends who has my home number etched in their minds and can’t get the hang of calling my cell phone, someone trying to sell me something, or the clueless.

You might wonder why I even still have that phone. It’s still the phone number of record on accounts I started 20 or more years ago so I just leave them as is.

On rare occasions when I accidentally pick up that phone and hear “May I speak to Mr. or Mrs. Brown?” I say “NO!” and hang up.

Geez!