Sort your tasks into four quadrants based on urgency and importance. Download the fillable PDF to type your list straight into the Do, Schedule, Delegate and Delete boxes, or the printable version to fill in by hand.
Type straight into the boxes in Acrobat Reader, Preview, Chrome or your phone's PDF app.
Yes. Choose “Download fillable PDF” and open the file in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview on a Mac, or Chrome or Edge. Click a quadrant to type, then save the file to keep your list.
It is named after US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is often quoted as saying that what is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important. Stephen Covey popularised the four-quadrant version in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
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The template is formatted for standard US Letter (8.5 x 11 inches) and also works well on A4 paper.
Yes. Choose “Download fillable PDF”: every writing space is a text field and every checkbox can be ticked. Open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free on desktop, iPhone and Android), Preview on a Mac, or Chrome or Edge, type your answers, then save or print it. Longer boxes wrap your text onto new lines. If you would rather write by hand, use “Download printable PDF”, which has ruled lines instead.
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