Productivity & Time
Eisenhower Matrix
Prioritize tasks into do, schedule, delegate and eliminate quadrants.
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About the Eisenhower Matrix
The Eisenhower Matrix separates urgency from importance so every task receives an intentional response: do, schedule, delegate or eliminate.
Use it before planning your calendar to protect important work from merely urgent noise.
Key features
- Four clear priority quadrants
- Fast task entry
- Persistent private board
- Simple task removal
How to use
- 1Write a task and select its quadrant.
- 2Add all current commitments to the board.
- 3Act first on Do Now and reserve calendar time for Schedule.
Examples
Sort a workday
Input:
Client outage: Do Now; quarterly plan: ScheduleOutput:
Tasks shown in their selected quadrantsDo not label every task urgent.
Frequently asked questions
- What belongs in Do Now?
- Tasks that are both important and genuinely time-sensitive.
- What is the difference between Schedule and Delegate?
- Schedule important non-urgent work for yourself; delegate urgent work that another person can own.
- Where is the matrix saved?
- Only in this browser's local storage.