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Do What Matters Most
Part of 6/16

 
Now imagine you book that flight weeks ahead of time. This would count as a category two activity: low-stress but still high-priority. If you plan ahead you subject your body to less stress and that leads to increased productivity. Finally the other two categories can represent anything from unnecessary meetings to procrastination. 
Now ask yourself: How much time do I spend in each of the categories? 
According to the authors only a quarter of your daily activities should be high-stress high-priority. Seventy percent of your time should fall under category two: high priority but low stress. 
What about the other unimportant areas? Well ideally you should only spend 5 to 15 percent of your time in them. But in reality we all gravitate towards these categories. It doesn’t have to be that way. 
Get familiar with your priorities by forming a vision for each of your roles in life.
Let’s say you want to build your dream house. Before you put together a budget or even an architec