Comments on: How to protect the important from the urgent https://www.publicationcoach.com/important-writing-versus-urgent/ & Gray-Grant Communications Wed, 11 Jul 2018 05:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Marina Espinasse https://www.publicationcoach.com/important-writing-versus-urgent/#comment-10823 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 05:06:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18136#comment-10823 How do I manage urgent and important? I ask my supervisor to give me deadlines (“by which day you want this manuscript back”?). What also help is a famous pomodoro method – I set the timer on 50 min, and this 50 min are solely for writing (or other important task). Then, within 10 min break I can do something else – event unimportant and non urgent.
In my daily planner I separate important from other things by priority criteria: I use 1 to 4 scale.
Last, my preference is to do important tasks before lunch. I do enjoy lunch more when one important taks is already accomplished!

Thank you, Daphne, for reminding us that important should have absolute privilege!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/important-writing-versus-urgent/#comment-10508 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:32:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18136#comment-10508 In reply to Mary Beth Johnson.

Thanks for your kind words, Mary Beth!

]]> By: Mary Beth Johnson https://www.publicationcoach.com/important-writing-versus-urgent/#comment-10506 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:15:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18136#comment-10506 Great post with actionable ideas for not letting the tyranny of the urgent take over. I love your ending statement…”Stop trying and start doing.”

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