Eliminate: Attending meetings with no agenda, manually formatting reports already in the PMS
IMPORTANCE
UrgentNot Urgent
Do First
Urgent + Important
0
Schedule
Not Urgent + Important
0
Delegate
Urgent + Not Important
0
Eliminate
Not Urgent + Not Important
0
URGENCY
Pro Tips for Hospitality Managers
Start with Q2
Most managers live in Q1 (firefighting). The key to long-term success is spending more time in Q2 โ strategic work that prevents crises from happening.
Review Daily
Spend 5 minutes at shift start sorting your tasks. In hospitality, yesterday’s “schedule” can become today’s “do first” quickly.
Delegate with Context
Don’t just hand off tasks โ explain why they matter and what “good” looks like. Your team grows when they understand the purpose.
Audit Q4 Weekly
If you keep adding tasks to “Eliminate” but never actually eliminating them, that’s a sign you need to renegotiate your responsibilities.
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The Eisenhower Matrix is named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, who was known for his exceptional productivity. The framework was later popularised by Stephen Covey in his work on effectiveness and habit-building. Our template adds hospitality-specific examples and drag-and-drop functionality to make daily task prioritisation fast and practical. Your data is stored locally in your browser and never sent to any server.
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const data = { do: [], schedule: [], delegate: [], eliminate: [] };
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if (saved) {
const parsed = JSON.parse(saved);
Object.assign(data, parsed);
}
} catch(e) {}
let dragItem = null;
let dragQuadrant = null;
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document.getElementById(‘matrixWorkspace’).classList.add(‘fade-in’);
renderAll();
}
function save() {
localStorage.setItem(‘inspireEisenhowerData’, JSON.stringify(data));
}
function renderAll() {
quadrants.forEach(q => renderList(q));
}
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li.ondragend = handleDragEnd;
li.innerHTML = `
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});
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renderList(quadrant);
input.focus();
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function removeTask(quadrant, idx) {
data[quadrant].splice(idx, 1);
save();
renderList(quadrant);
}
function toggleTask(quadrant, idx) {
data[quadrant][idx].done = !data[quadrant][idx].done;
save();
renderList(quadrant);
}
function clearAll() {
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quadrants.forEach(q => data[q] = []);
save();
renderAll();
}
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save();
renderAll();
dragItem = null;
dragQuadrant = null;
}
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touchDragQuadrant = q;
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touchClone.style.zIndex = ‘9999’;
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save();
renderAll();
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btn.disabled = true;
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headers: {‘Content-Type’: ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’},
body: new URLSearchParams({email, list: form.querySelector(‘input[name=”list”]’).value, boolean: ‘true’}).toString(),
mode: ‘no-cors’
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status.style.color = ‘#34d399’;
status.textContent = ‘Check your inbox! Your daily planner template is on its way.’;
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