Uncomplicate This!

Everything is On Fire: How to Manage Your Time When Everything Feels Urgent

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Episode Overview:

Ever feel like your workday is a never-ending fire drill? You’re not alone. Today on Uncomplicate This!, we’re tackling how to manage your time when everything feels urgent (or at least when your inbox keeps telling you it is)

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why “URGENT” emails are basically the boy who cried wolf. 🐺
  • The Eisenhower Matrix (aka your new productivity BFF).
  • How to tell your boss, “Sure, but what do you want me to drop?” (without getting fired).
  • The fine art of managing up, sideways, and down when chaos strikes.
  • The fire drill snowball effect—because one tiny “quick ask” can derail an entire department.

    • Resources:

    • Eisenhower Matrix (Download at uncomplicatethis.com)

      • If this episode made you laugh, cringe, or realize you’re stuck in an endless loop of “urgent” emails, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with that coworker who’s always in panic mode. Let’s uncomplicate the chaos together!

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      Uncomplicate This!By Eric Wellman & Jen Shoop