Prioritizing your business using a modified Eisenhower Matrix

Master your priorities with my own version of the Eisenhower Matrix: a simple tool to focus on what truly matters.

Hi friends,

Even year since I started by business I have taken every December off to do a complete audit of my business and reflect on the previous year. I plan new initiatives for the following year and scrap anything that doesn’t serve me anymore.

One of the best tools I use is a modification of an Eisenhower Matrix, one of the single best prioritization tools I’ve ever found.

The Eisenhower Matrix is a powerful time management tool that helps you prioritize tasks by dividing them into four distinct quadrants: urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important, and neither urgent nor important.

Building one for yourself allows you to focus your energy on what truly matters, ensuring that essential tasks are addressed promptly while avoiding the trap of busywork that often feels pressing but yields little value.

My process isn’t exactly an Eisenhower Matrix, but it’s very, very close. If you’ve never done one before, then I highly recommend taking taking some tim…