Charles Hummel, “Tyranny of the Urgent”
“Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important.”
The definition of urgent is: ”Calling for immediate attention.” A grease fire on the stove is urgent. A busted water line is urgent. Arterial bleeding is urgent. Providing aid to the victims of a car crash is urgent.Most of the things that call for our immediate attention are not, however, urgent. They might be important, but important…