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Priority matrix creation

Build a priority matrix to guide daily decision-making

Create a personalized priority matrix that helps you make quick decisions about where to invest your time and energy. This framework guides daily choices and prevents priority drift.

35 minutes
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Overview

Create a personalized priority matrix that helps you make quick decisions about where to invest your time and energy. This framework guides daily choices and prevents priority drift.

Learning objectives

  • Define priority dimensions
  • Create decision matrix
  • Apply to current workload

Instructions

Build your priority matrix:

1. Define importance and urgency criteria 2. Create a 2x2 matrix framework 3. Plot current tasks on the matrix 4. Identify misallocated effort 5. Create action plans for each quadrant

Steps

1

Criteria definition

10 minutes

Define what makes work important

2

Task mapping

15 minutes

Plot all current work on matrix

3

Action planning

10 minutes

Define strategies per quadrant

Pro tips

  • Be ruthless about low importance items
  • Schedule important non-urgent work
  • Delegate or delete bottom-left quadrant

Example outcome

A visual priority matrix with all current work plotted and action plans defined

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