Importand and Urgent.... my bad example

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:42 pm

At the TAXI Rally this year I presented a class where I exposed people to a "quadrant" posed by Stephen Covey that deals with Importance and Urgency.

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The idea is that you want to deal with the things that are Important but NOT Urgent so that they don't become Important AND URGENT.

Well, I have a 100-year-old horse barn on my property that I use as an extremely large shed for storage of tools, and pool supplies, parts, and mowers, and gardening stuff... etc.
So the doors have been working on falling off for a while.... It was an important thing to deal with, but it wasn't urgent so I kept putting it off.

Well, while I was at the Rally, the doors gave up the ghost and now they are urgently begging for attention as they lay on the ground... (but I have many briefs from five Music Libraries to write for! OH CRAP!) So this weekend off from my day-job will be spent building and mounting doors for the shed instead of working on my five-year-music-plan... YUK!

I could have worked on those this summer during vacation while I was sipping margaritas in the pool...

There's your bad example.

Glad I could help.

Cheers,
Russell Landwehr

funsongs · Post by **funsongs** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:30 pm

But just think of the days ahead - when you can afford to have your butler fix things... while you're busy making more Mu$ic for the world to hear...

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:43 pm

Peter R, imma have a driver too... so much time wasted driving

Len911 · Post by **Len911** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:21 pm

Russell, it still isn't urgent imo, pool time, mowing, gardening is finished for the season, nail the opening shut, and figure out the barn doors next spring!!

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 8:57 pm

HA! I love your perspective, Len!

cardell · Post by **cardell** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:49 am

Ha!

There's a country song lyric in that story somewhere.

Stuart

Len911 · Post by **Len911** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:39 am

cardell wrote:Ha!

There's a country song lyric in that story somewhere.

Stuart

Nail the barn door closed
the bloom's fell off the rose
a five year plan will work the same
for chores as well as song and fame
whether it's a list or a song that's composed

funsongs · Post by **funsongs** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:40 pm

Len911 wrote:
cardell wrote:Ha!

There's a country song lyric in that story somewhere.

Stuart

Nail the barn door closed
the bloom's fell off the rose
a five year plan will work the same
for chores as well as song and fame
whether it's a list or a song that's composed

Alright, Fellas... now quit horsin' around...

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:10 pm

Russell,

I attended your class at the Rally and it was very helpful to me; I'm trying to incorporate the quadrant into my cluttered life. I just wanted to say thanks.

Terry

Russell Landwehr · Post by **Russell Landwehr** » Wed Nov 16, 2016 6:04 am

Terry wrote:Russell,

I attended your class at the Rally and it was very helpful to me; I'm trying to incorporate the quadrant into my cluttered life. I just wanted to say thanks.

Terry

Hi Terry.

Good to hear from you

Russell

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