{"id":2347,"date":"2003-03-05T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2003-03-05T11:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brockerhoff.net\/bb\/viewtopic.php?p=321"},"modified":"2003-03-05T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2003-03-05T11:45:27","slug":"why-you-never-get-anything-important-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brockerhoff.net\/blog\/2003\/03\/05\/why-you-never-get-anything-important-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Never Get Anything Important Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Pollard<\/a> uses Steven Covey<\/a>‘s Time Management Matrix to show why you never get anything important done<\/a>… and why less important issues often get undue priority.
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\nAs soon as I find the time I’ll have to set up a matrix for my own stuff… especially since the Brazilian business year supposedly starts today, just after Carnaval<\/a>. \ud83d\ude09
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\nA sidenote: while looking at Covey’s site, I was very amused by the last paragraphs on his main page:<\/p>\n

WARNING: Privacy Protection Software NOT DETECTED
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\nYour Internet habits are being recorded.
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\nCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PRIVACY PROTECTION SOFTWARE
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\nYour ID: 2Cust108.tnt9.tco2.da.uu.net
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\nYour computer: x86 family 6 Model 8 AT\/AT compatible
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\nPrivacy Protection Software: NOT DETECTED<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…as I’m definitely not<\/i> on uu.net, and am writing this on an Apple iBook\/600 – which I’m reasonably sure is not<\/i> x86 AT compatible – it seems my built-in “privacy protection software” is already powerful enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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