Eisenhower Method - Avoid the urgency trap

1. EISENHOWER METHOD
Avoid the Urgency Trap
Presenter: Le Thanh Thao - Creative Group

2. Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Eisenhower Method
3. Personal Experience
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3. INTRODUCTION
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4. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890-1969)
￮ 34th President of the United States
(1953-1961)
￮ Five-star General in the United States
Army
￮ Allied Forces Supreme Commander
￮ NATO’s First Supreme Commander
(1951)
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5. “
I have two kinds of
problems, the urgent and
the important. The urgent
are not important, and the
important are never
urgent.
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6. EISENHOWER METHOD
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7. Eisenhower Method
Over 3 decades later, Stephen Covey
repackaged Eisenhower’s insights
into a simple tool known as
Eisenhower Method. This method
helps us prioritize tasks by a simple
tool to eliminate time-wasters in our
lives, and create more mental space
to make progress on our goals.
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8. The Eisenhower Matrix
Urgent vs. Important
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URGENT
📌Immediate action
📌Pop up and demand
your attention NOW
📌Clear consequences
for not completing
IMPORTANT
📌Contribute to long-term
goals
📌Require planning and
thoughtful action
📌Depend on your own values
and personal goals

9. The Eisenhower Matrix
Urgent vs. Important
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All of our day-to-day tasks and bigger projects
will fall into one of these four quadrants:
￮ Urgent & Important tasks => completed immediately
￮ Urgent & Unimportant tasks => delegated to others
￮ Not Urgent & Important tasks => scheduled
￮ Not Urgent & Unimportant tasks => deleted

10. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
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11. TIPS FOR TASK
MANAGEMENT
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📌 Make a to-do list, apply Eisenhower Matrix
📌 Use notebook and sticky notes
📌 Work 30 minutes, break 5 minutes
📌 Clean the working desk regularly

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Thank you!