--- title: (comic) Urgent and Important... I think? | daily.dev description: A workplace comic exploring the common challenge of distinguishing between truly urgent and important tasks versus requests that may seem critical but lack... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-urgent-and-important-i-think--c7nzhvre9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: (comic) Urgent and Important... I think? | daily.dev og:description: A workplace comic exploring the common challenge of distinguishing between truly urgent and important tasks versus requests that may seem critical but lack... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-urgent-and-important-i-think--c7nzhvre9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/C7nZHVRE9.png og:image:alt: (comic) Urgent and Important... I think? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # (comic) Urgent and Important... I think? **[Work Chronicles](https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles)** · 1 min read · 140 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary A workplace comic exploring the common challenge of distinguishing between truly urgent and important tasks versus requests that may seem critical but lack genuine priority. The comic appears to touch on the familiar dynamic between different departments, particularly sales teams making demands on technical resources. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@fsasm** · 5 upvotes > This reminds me, why I hate people who always use absolutes and leave no room for shades of grey. For them, whatever is on their mind is automatically *the best* or *most important*. **@tintin116** · 2 upvotes > Two weeks of hard work and determination, and you tell us you no longer need the feature? NOPE, we are not having that. 😂😂😂 **@vagsig** · 0 upvotes > Mondays summarized. **@fotiecodes** · 0 upvotes > 😂😂 --- Tags: [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-urgent-and-important-i-think--c7nzhvre9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"(comic) Urgent and Important... 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