What are the best Outlook productivity tools and hacks?

The best Outlook microsoft productivity tools start with actually Outlook hacks that make Outlook better, then apps to expand the functionality of Outlook. In this article we explore Outlook hacks, tips, tricks and apps to improve productivity at work.

What are the 10 best Outlook Hacks in 2023?

The 10 best Outlook hacks help you improve productivity, time management, resource scheduling and time tracking. In this article we explore our top 10 Outlook hacks, tips, tricks and apps to improve productivity at work.

How to use Outlook to boost productivity.

In this article we show you 10 Outlook hacks to boost productivity, improve time management, share calendars and perform time tracking with Outlook.

How to use Outlook for time management

Outlook has most of the tools needed for time management - communications, calendar, a to-do list. In this article we show you how to configure Outlook to use for time management, as well as other Outlook hacks to improve productivity, shared calendars and time tracking.

What is the Eisenhower Matrix

The Eisenhower Matrix is an incredibly practical and easy time management tool for prioritizing tasks. Simply put, for each task you ask two questions: is it important, and is it urgent, for which there are four possible answers: 1) Important and Urgent (you need to do these immediately), 2) Important but not Urgent (schedule these for later), 3) Urgent but not Important (must be done, but you have more important items, so delegate these to someone else), 4) Not Urgent and Not Important (do you even need to do these? Delete them or reclassify). The Eisenhower Matrix gets its name from the Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the U.S.A who was quoted saying, "I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important", which are quadrant 1 and 2 items. Clearly Eisenhower delegated quadrant 3 and ignored quadrant 4 items!

What are the 4 quadrants of the Eisenhower Matrix?

There are 4 quadrants to the Eisenhower Matrix, which come from answer to the two questions: Is it important? Is it urgent? Quadrant 1) Important and Urgent (you need to do these immediately), Quadrant 2) Important but not Urgent (schedule these for later), Quadrant 3) Urgent but not Important (must be done, but you have more important items, so delegate these to someone else), Quadrant 4) Not Urgent and Not Important (do you even need to do these? Delete them or reclassify). The Eisenhower Matrix gets its name from the Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the U.S.A who was quoted saying, "I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important", which are quadrant 1 and 2 items. Clearly Eisenhower delegated quadrant 3 and ignored quadrant 4 items!

What are the benefits of the Eisenhower Matrix?

The Eisenhower matrix is effective because it is simple and easy and gives structure to prioritizing tasks - ask if a task is important and if it is urgent. People tend to put things off or do things they like doing. The Eisenhower matrix is very matter of fact, if it isn't important or urgent, don't do it. If it is urgent but not important, delegate it to someone else for whom it is important, in this way you only focus on what is important and what is urgent. The main benefit is simpler, reduced and focussed To-Do list where urgent things are done straight away and important but not urgent things are scheduled to do later.

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