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Time management skills training: The time management prioritisation matrix

Time management is the art of doing the right thing, at the right time. In order to do that, you must be able to evaluate tasks. The way to do that, is to measure everything you do against two criteria:
1. Value of the task.
2. Deadline pressure.

Using these two ideas as the basis for a matrix (a four square grid in your mind’s eye) they give us four possible types of activity:
• Q1 Crisis work
• Q2 Productive work
• Q3 Busy work
• Q4 Fruitless work

To fully understand how to manage your time, you need to understand the relationship between these four types of work.
So please read on……