If you have ever received a series of emails with the title URGENT (especially when it is not urgent), you will understand exactly where you are referring to this post.
Incoming emails in our inbox are often reminiscent of a battlefield. Among the unwanted newsletters that we have wanted for a long time to unsubscribe from, in emails between our colleagues that we do not know why they inform us, are squeezed and some “serious” messages that seek our attention.
But in this chaos, nothing is worse than emails that contain capital letters “URGENT”.
You know for sure which emails we are referring to. In those that, if the application allowed it, would come with a large, bright sign, like the one with the Dolphinarium outside. And since you know what we are talking about, you can only admit that the following post on Instagram is the most apt you have seen lately.
People need to rethink the use of the word ‘urgent’. “The lack of planning on your part is not an emergency for me,” he says.
The post was originally written by podcastPower Hour writer and presenter Adrienne Herbert, highlighting how ridiculous our attitude toward productivity and “completion of things” can be.
Herbert added in the caption of the post: “Seriously, the word ‘urgent’ means emergency and if it is an emergency you should call 999 instead of emailing me.”
“I change the signature of my email to write this”, commented a follower and we somehow agree with him.
“I hate using the word ‘urgent’ in the workplace unless you work in a hospital,” said Burnt Out life coach and author Selina Barker. “This ‘grid’ that people love to use and divides things into urgent and important… keeps people in a constant state of emergency, in which they should not be unless, as you say, it is a REALLY emergency.”
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— UpSkillYourLife (@UpSkillYourLife) October 18, 2021
This grid is actually based on the words of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is why it has been called the Eisenhower Charter, which stated that: “The most urgent decisions are rarely the most important.”
The method defines important activities as those that have an effect that leads us to achieve our goals, whether they are professional or personal.
However, urgent activities require immediate attention and are usually associated with achieving someone else’s goals. They are often the ones we focus on and demand attention because the consequences of not dealing with them are immediate.
But the problem is not really the definition, but our interpretation of “urgency” and how we apply it to our daily lives.
A recent survey in the UK conducted by The Out found that 70% of full-time people have experienced burnout in the last 12 months.
So maybe it’s time to re-evaluate your relationship with the word “urgent”. Both for the good of your own mental health and for the sake of your colleagues.
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