You're juggling urgent tasks and long-term goals. How can you strike a balance in your daily routine?

é preciso se organizar diariamente, priorizando suas atividades, agindo com sabedoria e cautela, diante da demanda apresentada. A Matriz de Eisenhower é uma ferramenta poderosa que objetiva ajudar a priorizar tarefas que você precisa concluir para se tornar mais eficaz e produtivo em seu trabalho. Esse método permite que você categorize tarefas com base em sua urgência para determinar quais precisam ser concluídas imediatamente e quais podem ser eliminadas Você já experimentou essa ferramenta? Me conta aqui.

Over 4 years' ago I realised I wasn't taking my lunch breaks. It was having a significant impact on my performance, health, and wellbeing. I knew then that something had to change and by scheduling a repeating lunch break each workday, this ensured that I had one regardless of how crammed my scheduled became with last minute meetings. From this, I took away 2 key disciplines: 1. Schedule the time to do the thing. 2. Don't let anything else get in the way of doing the thing at the scheduled time. 3. If you must move the schedule, move it in the same day.

No one can focus on their work when they're constantly distracted, and not being able to focus makes it less likely you can achieve your goals. Instead of allowing phone calls and emails to interrupt when you're focused, turn off your notifications and review them at a different time when you're not concentrating on specific tasks. Put your phone face down, or better yet, in a completely different room, when you're focusing on work.

An interesting way to use the Eisenhower matrix is to use as a reflection tool. At the end of a day, review all the tasks you completed (or otherwise gave your time to), and place them in the urgent/important grid. How much of your attention and time went to each quadrant? If you notice that your non-urgent but important quadrant is light (or empty!), consider what you can change the NEXT day to make sure at least some of your focus goes there. If your urgent but non-important quadrant is full, it's a great indication that you need to set clearer expectations and boundaries about what you take on. Have YOU ever tried using the matrix in this way? How did it inform you?

Based on work with many clients over the years, especially those who take pride in delivering excellent service, one common mistake is to prioritize requests and demands that land on your plate by default. Often times they are not quite as urgent as they seem. As long as we manage expectations through clear communication, it's often possible to get them done without compromising other important (long-term, deep, non-urgent) work we've have committed to.