Quadrant 2: what it is and what it means

Quadrant 2 of the Eisenhower matrix holds activities that are important but not urgent: training, strategic planning, relationship building, process redesign and prevention. It is the quadrant that changes the trajectory over the medium term, but it is systematically sacrificed because Q1 absorbs all the available time. Protecting it requires minimum time blocks of 90 minutes placed in windows of high cognitive energy.

Distinctive: changes the trajectory over the medium term
Distinctive: 90 minutes
Distinctive: high cognitive energy
Essential: important but not urgent
Essential: systematically sacrificed
Constant: strategic planning
Constant: minimum time blocks

Glossary

Quadrant 2

The quadrant of the Eisenhower matrix that holds important but not urgent activities: the plan that changes your trajectory over the medium term but is systematically sacrificed.