Priority vs. Urgency

Priority vs. Urgency

By chris danilo on Sep 02, 2016 07:00 am

What's the number one thing you need to accomplish today?

It doesn't matter what's urgent, pressing, or what's got a big red notification on your phone.

Priority is not the same as urgency.

Urgency asks when something needs to be done.

Priority asks whether you should do it at all.

There's only one priority.

So if everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Sometimes putting in more work can help get more done, but if your focus is allocated across multiple "priorities" you'll probably just end up with a bunch of half-baked tasks.

Ask yourself "is it better to get one thing done, or to get nothing done at all?"

If the answer is still "well, everything has to get done now," you may want to reconsider the mission for your project and if you're solving a problem that's solvable with your current resources, or, perhaps, whether you're sure you want to be working on this at all.

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