Etymology

Eisenhower method

Today it means: A time management technique in which tasks or problems are classified by importance and urgency to organize priorities and workload. Full definition →

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After U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is claimed to have said: "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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