In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey identifies four quadrants of time management. Today’s insight will focus on his second quadrant. In this quadrant, he specifically speaks about attending to the work that is important but not yet urgent.  When you dedicate time for what’s important and not yet urgent, you will likely spend less time putting out fires and more time thinking creatively and strategically on the business. Making time for quadrant 2 takes discipline but can result in the mental spaciousness you need to consider new possibilities, different directions, and creative solutions.

0:00:00 – Welcome & Episode Setup
0:00:18 – What Is Quadrant II? (Stephen Covey’s Time Framework)
0:01:10 – What’s Stealing Your Quadrant II Time
0:01:40 – The Power of Making Time for the Non-Urgent
0:02:25 – You Don’t Find Time; You Design It
0:03:00 – Practical Steps to Create Protected Thinking Time
0:03:40 – Strategic Questions to Ask Yourself
0:04:30 – Preparing Your Body for the Practice
0:04:55 – Guided Insight: “I Make Time for What’s Important and Not Yet Urgent”
0:06:01 – Coming Back & The Leadership Payoff
0:06:25 – Outro & Next Steps

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