Lifehack Daily Quadrant

The daily quadrant (as seen on fast company) divides your 8 hour work day into 4 quadrants of 2-hour blocks. In each block you focus and work on tasks of a certain priority / quadrant. 

The first quadrant : "The first two hours of the day are for high intensity, high-impact work." That's when your 🧠 works the best. This is a time for tasks that make you money, are of the utter most importance. A common pitfall is to use this time to check emails.

The second quadrant: "The next two hours of the day should be dedicated to high intensity, low-impact work." These are not necessarily money producing or life-changing works but may still require high concentration: one-on-one meeting, mentorship, advice, serious talks. 

The third quadrant: “If you have any control over when a routine informational meeting happens, do it after lunch,” says McGeorge. “This is a meeting where it’s usually just a check in from others, but not necessarily problem solving. " Schedule status meetings now. May be some emails. 

The last quadrant: "At the end of the day, when your mental agility and alertness drop, this is the time to do low-impact, high-intensity work." Preparing for meetings tomorrow, getting change of clothing ready, setting yourself up for success the next day.

At first, I thought I couldn't possibly get things done in just 8 hours, or in this specific chunks. Would I have enough time for emails, others. But it turns out by getting the most important money making, high impact, high intensity tasks out of the way, I feel less stressed, because I didn't procrastinate. I also feel more successful, having prioritized high importance work.