Comments on: Sketchcast #2: Using the Eisenhower matrix http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/ feeding your inner rebel Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andreas http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-4655 Andreas Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:44:58 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-4655 Hi everybody, I have just released a small online tool to help you managing your todos that way. It's freely available at eisenhower.me - just in case some of you were looking for such an alternative! Hi everybody, I have just released a small online tool to help you managing your todos that way. It’s freely available at eisenhower.me – just in case some of you were looking for such an alternative!

]]> By: Eisenhower Method « Wilde Gedanken http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-3506 Eisenhower Method « Wilde Gedanken Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:25:35 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-3506 [...] Sketchcast #2: Using the Eisenhower matrix @ be an original [...] [...] Sketchcast #2: Using the Eisenhower matrix @ be an original [...]

]]> By: YvesHanoulle http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-2641 YvesHanoulle Fri, 27 May 2011 12:13:44 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-2641 WHat is confusing in this video is that if I move the two lines in the direction you say, I also enlarge quadrant 4. Which is not what should happen. Q1: things to do ASAP Q2: Things to plan Q3: Things to delegate (they might be important for otehr people or other companies) Q4: Things to drop (That is why Q4 is only excessive television and not television as taking a break/relaxing is important.) @Xavier C: Covety has a nice example in his course about a fire team (I think from Chicago) that has put more time in Q2 (preventing fire) then in Q1 (putting out fires) the result is that they have even more time for Q2, because they have to do less Q1... If a firebrigade can do less firefighting, we all can. WHat is confusing in this video is that if I move the two lines in the direction you say, I also enlarge quadrant 4. Which is not what should happen.

Q1: things to do ASAP
Q2: Things to plan
Q3: Things to delegate (they might be important for otehr people or other companies)
Q4: Things to drop
(That is why Q4 is only excessive television and not television as taking a break/relaxing is important.)

@Xavier C: Covety has a nice example in his course about a fire team (I think from Chicago) that has put more time in Q2 (preventing fire) then in Q1 (putting out fires)
the result is that they have even more time for Q2, because they have to do less Q1…

If a firebrigade can do less firefighting, we all can.

]]> By: NP Jara http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-1380 NP Jara Tue, 25 May 2010 17:35:59 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-1380 What a cool concept, that Sketchcast! I am familiar with Stephen Covey but haven't had time to read his famous book yet. So I am glad to have come across this blog and learn about the Eisenhower Matrix from you. Thanks for making the topic so easy to understand. What a cool concept, that Sketchcast! I am familiar with Stephen Covey but haven’t had time to read his famous book yet. So I am glad to have come across this blog and learn about the Eisenhower Matrix from you. Thanks for making the topic so easy to understand.

]]> By: Joe http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-355 Joe Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:24:13 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-355 Hi Lodewijk. The video is great and I think will be very helpful, for any body but sure for project managers usually faced with urgency. Thanks. .-= Joe´s last blog ..<a href="http://tndzulo.blogspot.com/2009/09/preserving-ozone-layer-actions-and.html" rel="nofollow">Preserving the Ozone Layer: Actions and Results.</a> =-. Hi Lodewijk.

The video is great and I think will be very helpful, for any body but sure for project managers usually faced with urgency.

Thanks.
.-= Joe´s last blog ..Preserving the Ozone Layer: Actions and Results. =-.

]]> By: E http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-354 E Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:23:21 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-354 Have you ever wonder why Stephen Covey did not give a technical definition of the term "urgent" and "important"? He only gave one line each in the book, which might be a bit unclear to some readers. If you were to give the two terms definitions, what would it be? Thanks <abbr>Es last blog post..<a href="http://www.kiyani.net/index.php/archives/315" rel="nofollow">Gift for little Monkey</a></abbr> Have you ever wonder why Stephen Covey did not give a technical definition of the term “urgent” and “important”?

He only gave one line each in the book, which might be a bit unclear to some readers. If you were to give the two terms definitions, what would it be?

Thanks

Es last blog post..Gift for little Monkey

]]> By: Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker » Time Management: Sometimes Things Change (A Guest Post from Brick) http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-353 Diary of a Four-Hour-a-Weeker » Time Management: Sometimes Things Change (A Guest Post from Brick) Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:51 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-353 [...] As I have noted before in a post on rethinking time management, this looks a lot like the Time Management Matrix in Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. An entertaining description of Covey’s time management matrix can be found in this sketchcast on Using The Eisenhower Matrix. [...] [...] As I have noted before in a post on rethinking time management, this looks a lot like the Time Management Matrix in Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. An entertaining description of Covey’s time management matrix can be found in this sketchcast on Using The Eisenhower Matrix. [...]

]]> By: Brick Andrews http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-352 Brick Andrews Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:37:00 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-352 Lodewijk, the concept of the sketchcast is very neat and original! In thinking about time management, I came up with my own four quadrant <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweekjournal.com/2008/02/10/rethinking-time-management/" rel="nofollow">classification</a> system based on these the following grading system for activities: 1. Essential and Unforgettable 2. Essential but Forgettable 3. Unessential but Unforgettable 4. Unessential and Forgettable After I initially organized my thoughts like that, I realized it looked a lot like the Covey Time Management Matrix! It is, however, subtlety different in that urgency in my scheme is more a matter of, as you point out, looking ahead and/or calendaring events - not a coordinate used to grade tasks. I thought you might be interested. BTW, I like how in a more recent post, you label the Covey quadrants as Quadrant of Stress, Quadrant of Value, etc... Lodewijk, the concept of the sketchcast is very neat and original! In thinking about time management, I came up with my own four quadrant classification system based on these the following grading system for activities:

1. Essential and Unforgettable
2. Essential but Forgettable
3. Unessential but Unforgettable
4. Unessential and Forgettable

After I initially organized my thoughts like that, I realized it looked a lot like the Covey Time Management Matrix! It is, however, subtlety different in that urgency in my scheme is more a matter of, as you point out, looking ahead and/or calendaring events – not a coordinate used to grade tasks. I thought you might be interested.

BTW, I like how in a more recent post, you label the Covey quadrants as Quadrant of Stress, Quadrant of Value, etc…

]]> By: Xavier C. http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-351 Xavier C. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:33:16 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-351 "Say No to unimportant things" is quite easy to say, but how much does this happen in real life? Of course, all of us would love to say No to every 'unimportant-looking' task, but the major problem is that they are so often imposed to us that we have to face them. Whatsmore, an unimportant and urgent task is indeed important, as if it is not executed right away, the world will explode (or something). “Say No to unimportant things” is quite easy to say, but how much does this happen in real life?

Of course, all of us would love to say No to every ‘unimportant-looking’ task, but the major problem is that they are so often imposed to us that we have to face them.
Whatsmore, an unimportant and urgent task is indeed important, as if it is not executed right away, the world will explode (or something).

]]> By: Lodewijkvdb http://beanoriginal.net/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix/#comment-350 Lodewijkvdb Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:44:11 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/08/sketchcast-2-using-the-eisenhower-matrix.html#comment-350 I think Covey based it on the ideas of Eisenhower, that's pretty much what Google Answers is revealing. I guess Covey developed it further into a matrix with the quadrants and expanded the theory with his own ideas and findings. But I like to keep the reference to the original source. I think Covey based it on the ideas of Eisenhower, that’s pretty much what Google Answers is revealing. I guess Covey developed it further into a matrix with the quadrants and expanded the theory with his own ideas and findings. But I like to keep the reference to the original source.

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