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Do you find yourself chasing after all of those "urgent" tasks, only to discover that they really don't matter? President Dwight Eisenhower said, "I have to kinds of problems.  The urgent and the important.  The urgent are not important and the important are never urgent." Sometimes, the urgent things ARE important.  They probably get done right then and there.  But then the urgent (but not important) tend to crowd out the important (but not urgent).  For example, those meetings and tasks at work that you take on can seem urgent.  But they might not be important.  On the other hand, relationships with a spouse or children can get pushed to the side because they are not urgent.  Yet they are important. The sad part is when the important (but not urgent) get shuffled off to the side for so long that they become no longer important.  Broken relationships, hurting spouses -- they drift away. The Eisenhower Box is named for President Eisenhower.  It is a powerful tool in your Thriving Toolbox, as you work to g