Priority Matrix — Eisenhower Quadrants

Sort tasks into the four Eisenhower quadrants — important & urgent, important not urgent, urgent not important, neither. Paste one task per line, save, and follow the suggested order: do, schedule, delegate, delete.

Important & urgentDo now0

Important, not urgentSchedule0

Urgent, not importantDelegate / shorten0

NeitherDelete0

Suggested order

Q1 — do it now, it drives results.
Q2 — block time for it; this is where growth lives.
Q3 — delegate or shrink it, it only steals time.
Q4 — drop it, it is pure noise.

Result

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What is it

Not everything urgent is important, and not everything important is urgent. Sorting tasks into four quadrants turns noise into an order: do first, schedule next, delegate or shrink, then delete.

Notes & fun facts

Busy is not the same as effective. The matrix does not add time — it shows where your time should go first.

Origin & history

The four-quadrant method of sorting tasks by importance and urgency is known as the Eisenhower Matrix. It is associated with the working philosophy of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who famously spoke about the need to distinguish important matters from urgent ones; the president, who bore heavy military and state duties for years, was known for decisive efficiency. In the 1980s, Stephen R. Covey popularized the matrix in "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", and the do-schedule-delegate-delete ordering spread widely through time-management practice.