By Trent Hamm
Someone calling you on the phone is urgent, but is it important?
Giving your mom a long phone call is important, but is it urgent?
Finding that “perfect” pair of pants in your closet is urgent, but is it important?
Spending quality time with your daughter is important, but is it urgent?
If you really look at that list above and ask yourself which things genuinely matter in your life, you’ll quickly realize that the important things universally trump the urgent things. However, when we’re stuck in a key moment, we often give the urgent thing priority.
When we’re sitting at a candelit dinner with our partner, our cell phone buzzes and we check the (most likely unimportant) text just because it’s urgent.
When we’re... More...
