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Eisenhower's Urgent-Important Principle
Life is so busy, especially in today society, where people have to do many things to be success. Being a part of this society, I have been doing many tasks every day in order to achieve my goals. After I learned about “The multitasking and time management” and “Eisenhower’s urgent/important principle”, I realize that the way I organize my tasks and activities is not reasonable. Because of unreasonable organized tasks and activities, I have been wasting my time and put myself into stress situations.
To avoid stresses and perform better my tasks and activities, I will follow “Eisenhower’s urgent/important principle”, which give me an idea that I have to determine and reorganize my tasks or activities from most to least important. Then I will


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