"First Things First"
  Urgent Not Urgent
Important I
Crises
Pressing Problems
Deadline-driven projects
  II
Preparation
Values clarification
Prevention
Planning
Relationship building
True recreation
Empowerment
Unimportant
III
Interruptions
Some phone calls
Some mail, some reports
Some meetings
Many popular activities
Many drop in visitors
IV
Trivia, busywork
Some phone calls
Junk mail
Time wasters
"Escape" activities
     
  High performance organizations Typical organizations
I 25% 30%
II 60% 15%
III 15% 50%
IV 0% 5%