Dwight Eisenhower – Urgent/Important Matrix
Dwight Eisenhower ran a two-front war and two terms as US President without ever looking rushed. His secret was a simple matrix that separated what is urgent from what is important — and it can rescue any Indian executive drowning in a to-do list.
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