Eisenhower Matrix

Make a 2x2 grid with 2 axis - Important and Urgent. This is how you treat the four quadrants...

• Important and Urgent / Crisis: Do it now
• Important, Not Urgent / Quality: Schedule for later
• Unimportant but Urgent / Deception: Delegate it
• Unimportant and Not Urgent / Waste: Cancel or defer it

This is a Mental Model to make immediate decisions.