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The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week. . . But the urgent task calls for instant action. . . The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.

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Don't let the urgent take the place of the important in your life. . . When you and I were putting out the fires of the urgent, the important was again left in a holding pattern.

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A man's home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place away from urgent tasks because the telephone breaches the walls with imperious demands.

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We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, we have left undone those things that ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.

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The need itself is not the call.

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