Release Strategies. The Art of Delegating and Eliminating

Quadrant 3: Urgent but Not Important

The third quadrant of the matrix contains those things that are not important for our growth, but that do seem urgent at the moment.

A good example of these activities is having to pay for utilities, since if you don't, your electricity or water could be cut off.

Even if it seems important, we must ask ourselves why we are going to personally take care of something that is merely urgent, when we have more valuable things to do.

The key is to be aware of the true weight of the activities you have in your life, so as not to waste your energy on tasks that do not contribute to you.

These urgent but not important tasks are time thieves that divert us from our true path and from the goals we really want to achieve.

The Delegation Strategy to Reduce Stress

The correct strategy for these tasks is to delegate the activity to someone else to go and do it, freeing you up for what's important.

This isn't an act of selfishness, but rather a conscious decision about the weight and value of the different activities that make up your daily life.

When you don't occupy your mind with these types of things, your stress level is reduced, you calm down, and you can focus on what really matters.

Delegation is a time and energy management tool that allows us to optimize our resources to dedicate them to our highest priorities.

By entrusting these tasks to others, you not only free yourself up, but you can also empower other people, creating a win-win situation.

Quadrant 4: What is Neither Important nor Urgent

Finally, we find the fourth quadrant, where practically fifty percent of the activities we carry out in our daily lives are found.

This quadrant contains all those things that are neither important for our future nor urgent for our present, but that consume our valuable time.

We shouldn't invest our time in these things, since time is the most valuable asset we have and no one gives it back to us.

We must take care of and protect our time so we can invest it in the things that are truly important and urgent, those that make us grow as people.

These activities are often distractions or bad habits that we have accumulated, and that steal our energy wi