"What is urgent is seldom important and what is important is seldom urgent."

Urgent stuff needs to be done as soon as possible but it’s not really a joy to do. Mostly, it tends to be an everyday activity that you must do, like put your trousers on in the morning. Important things don’t tend to happen often, but if you think about them too much then they tend to be there in the background so it seems like they’re happening all the time. Important things also need to be done, so you need to set some time aside to complete these once you’ve done the urgent stuff. You’ll probably be criticised for doing these things in the wrong order. However, if everything is seldom then there aren’t going to come up very often so there’s very few events that are actually important. But it’s not a good outlook for a world leader who has to decide whether or not war should be declared.