Along the lines of the urgent vs. important idea is the "big rocks" idea. I was introduced to it through the Franklin Covey folks. Here's a description that's close to what I learned: http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/home/rocks.html. The Franklin Covey people have a Flash demonstration of the idea at http://www.franklincovey.com/promotion/wmm/flash/ptmfp/index.html, skip the welcome and look in the "Time Matrix" menu item for the "Big Rocks" demo.
The basic idea is that there is always stuff that takes up your time. If you don't pay attention, the urgent stuff (like board stuff, kid stuff, etc.) takes up so much time that getting the really important stuff (like book stuff) done is a struggle. If, the theory goes, you put effort into planning the important stuff, the urgent stuff doesn't go away, but since you've planned to get the important stuff done, you struggle less to do so.
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Date: 2003-10-26 01:10 am (UTC)The basic idea is that there is always stuff that takes up your time. If you don't pay attention, the urgent stuff (like board stuff, kid stuff, etc.) takes up so much time that getting the really important stuff (like book stuff) done is a struggle. If, the theory goes, you put effort into planning the important stuff, the urgent stuff doesn't go away, but since you've planned to get the important stuff done, you struggle less to do so.