All people are born absolutely equal one important attitude. Each of us has exactly 24 hours per day. Neither it is more minute, nor it is less minute. Even Bill Gates with its billions cannot buy to itself superfluous minute. Your ability wisely to dispose of this remarkable resource with which with all to us have allocated fifty-fifty, in very big degree defines, that you will achieve — and how much interestingly, happily, cheerfully there passes your life. That is important, this resource completely is under your control – if only you do not sit in prison or are taken by terrorists in hostages. Certainly, interests, requests, opinions of other people can and should be considered by you at definition of how you spend yours of time. Nevertheless, the final decision always for you. I wish to discuss with you one prominent aspect of skill of efficient control time — skill to distinguish the important things from urgent. For example, if your parents or your friends live far from you, you sometimes write to them letters. I think, that you will agree — that this problem is enough important making your life. Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of people does such things worse than ever – constantly them postpones, forgets, pushes and pays attention to something to another. And within the limits of every week it does not look as any problem – in fact business not urgent. On the other hand, reflect on your work. Absolutely standard reaction of the majority of people to work (and not only) – to react on external раздражители in process of their occurrence. You come for work. You frequently have certain plans, that you are going to make today. Sit down a computer and be going to begin this business… Phone (comes new емэйл, to you bring any document, necessary to emphasize) Here calls. Overwhelming majority of people instantly throw in what they are engaged at present and distract. You begin a long phone conversation, read the received message and frequently there and then it answer. After that minutes to 15 you to have "to plunge" into in what you actually were going to be engaged anew. New mail here comes… .In the end of day you rise because of a table with very strange sensation – that like would be borrowed all the day by the constant decision of any urgent affairs, but anything important and have not made. So promptness and importance – two independent measurements. Proceeding from it, all can be divided business into four categories: 1. Urgent important. Not too affairs much gets in this category (if you not the fireman). It is valid crises which are necessary for solving urgently and which otherwise can render a serious long-term negative effect. (that is interesting, many crises result from insufficient paying of attention to not urgent important issues.) 2. Urgent unimportant. In this category many the affairs arising «besides your will» , especially on work just get. The majority of people spends 70-80% of time for problems in this category. 3. Not urgent important. Your problem consists in that as much as possible your time given problems in a category 2 to redirect here. In this category there are those things to which the majority of us chronically gives not enough attention. 4. Not urgent unimportant. Well it is typical fillers of time, type impetuous глазения in the TV in target during 4-6 hours. Nevertheless, the average person spends here 10-15% of time, and even it is more.
