Comments on: Important or Urgent Tasks – what is the Difference? http://www.keyorganization.com/blog/difference-between-important-or-urgent-tasks Expert Productivity, Time Management, & Organizing Tips with Denise Landers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John Crenshaw http://www.keyorganization.com/blog/difference-between-important-or-urgent-tasks/comment-page-1#comment-83 John Crenshaw Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:59:33 +0000 http://www.keyorganization.com/blog/difference-between-important-or-urgent-tasks#comment-83 There is a huge question of "important when?" For example, when I am in the office, honey-dos, personal favors, buying birthday presents, etc. are all very much NOT important, while tasks for sales, product rollout, or other things may be top priority. When I am at home there is a reversal, none of my hundreds of work related tasks are important, but it might be critical to go buy that present. Oddly, the urgency doesn't change with location, the deadline is what it is. I guess my point is that urgency changes as time marches on, while importance changes as the individual marches on. Focusing on urgent things will cause a person to worry about the wrong stuff at the wrong time and create stress. There is a huge question of “important when?” For example, when I am in the office, honey-dos, personal favors, buying birthday presents, etc. are all very much NOT important, while tasks for sales, product rollout, or other things may be top priority. When I am at home there is a reversal, none of my hundreds of work related tasks are important, but it might be critical to go buy that present. Oddly, the urgency doesn’t change with location, the deadline is what it is.

I guess my point is that urgency changes as time marches on, while importance changes as the individual marches on. Focusing on urgent things will cause a person to worry about the wrong stuff at the wrong time and create stress.

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