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I’m sure many of you have heard of Stephen Covey’s time management practice where your time can be spent essentially in four “quadrants.” The box should have “urgent” and “not urgent” across the top along with “important” and “not important” across the left side.

Time Management Quadrants from Stephen Covey

So things fall into either Quadrant I: Urgent and Important, Quadrant II: Not Urgent but Important, Quadrant III: Not Important but Urgent, or Quadrant IV: Not Urgent and Not Important.

The idea is that you should keep your work in Quadrant II as much as possible, keeping up with things that are not urgent but are important. Obviously this isn’t exactly feasible on a day to day basis; however, at Gatorworks we take time out each quarter to focus solely on our Quadrant II time.  We did just that last Friday downtown at D’Agostino’s Restaurant.  D’Agostino’s was a gracious host in that they opened their restaurant earlier than they normally do on a Friday to accommodate our team. (more…)

Last week Michael Hecht, President/CEO of GNO, Inc., was gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule to speak to the EO Accelerator group. GNO, Inc. spearheads economic development for the ten parish Greater New Orleans area. Hecht’s speech was very inspiring, and it reminded us all that New Orleans really is a great place. Unfortunately, since Katrina (and even before) many people of the region focus so heavily on the negative aspects of the city. GNO, Inc. put together the “Greater New Orleans Reality Check” which highlights a quick punch list of positive aspects of the city.

One of the recent initiatives that Hecht and his staff are working on is the Greater New Orleans Digital Media Alliance. Hecht’s goal for The Greater New Orleans Digital Media Alliance will be to market the metro area to technology companies, advocate policies that support those firms, and work with universities to develop curricula that support the technology industry. The Times-Picayunne recently covered the story here.

I look forward to following GNO, Inc.’s initiatives as they help re-build the New Orleans business community.