“First Things First”

1. “First Things First” Compiled by Warren Hunsberger Based on the best selling book by Stephen R. Covey Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

2. Tyranny of the Urgent • “The vital tasks rarely must be done today, or even this week. The urgent task calls for instant action. The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and they devour our energy. But in the light of time’s perspective, their deceptive prominence fades. With a sense of loss we recall the vital task we pushed aside. We realize we’ve become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.” • -- Charles Hummel Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

3. Traditional Response • Time Management-- Clock vs. Compass Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

4. Problem with Time Management • “Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.” -- A. Roger Merrill Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

5. Four Generations of Time Management • Notes and checklists • Calendars and appointment books • Daily planning, prioritizing, and goal setting Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

6. Fourth Generation Time Management • Encompasses the best of Generations 1, 2, and 3, but moves far beyond • “A shift of the mind: doing things right gets efficiency, but doing the right things gets effectiveness.” Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

7. We want to focus on EFFECTIVENESS, in lieu of Efficiency Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

8. Efficiency vs. Effectiveness • Importance • Balance in our roles • Weekly organizing • Life leadership Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

9. Traditional vs. 4th Generation Time Management Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

10. URGENCY INDEX Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

11. URGENCY INDEX Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

12. Where Do We Want to Live? • Quadrant II does not act on us; we must act on it. • This is the quadrant of quality and personal leadership. • Move into Quadrant II by using the six-step process each week. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

13. The Complete Six-Step Process Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

14. The Complete Six-Step Process • Connect to Mission • Review Roles • Identify Goals • Organize Weekly • Exercise Integrity • Evaluate Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

15. Step 1: Connect to Mission • “If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.” --Seneca • “We don’t invent our mission; we detect it.” --Viktor Frankl Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

16. What does “connect” mean? • Develop a personal mission statement • What is most important in your life? • What are called to be and do? • Connect to your mission weekly reviewing, pondering, or memorizing your mission statement. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

17. What are the benefits of truly connecting to your personal mission? Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

18. Step 2: Review Roles • Identify and review the roles in your life. • Key relationships • Key areas of responsibility Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

19. Step 3: Identify Goals • What is the most important thing I could do in each role this week that would have the greatest positive impact? • My weekly goals can be either an area of focus or a specific activity I schedule. • They are driven by conscience. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

20. Step 4: Organize Weekly • Every week, my life is centered around the FIRST THINGS I have identified and not things that just “come my way.” Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

21. Step 5: Exercise Integrity in the Moment of Choice • Organizing in this way gives me the courage to say “NO” to urgent, less-important things. • I have the freedom to stick with my plan or change it because I’m centered on my FIRST THINGS. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

22. Step 6: Evaluate • What worked? • Where did I blow it? • What do I do different this week as I grow? • Am I on target? • What patterns do I see in my life? • What did I learn from last week as a whole? Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

23. Review Roles: Step 2 in the 6-Step Process “Every man has only enough strength to complete those assignments that he is fully convinced are important.” Goethe Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

24. Balance: Weekly Compass Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

25. What are our Roles? • You live your life in terms of roles • Roles: authentic parts you’ve been called to fill. • Roles represent responsibilities, relationships, and areas of contribution. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

26. What are our Roles? (cont.) • You may have important roles in Christian faith, at work, in the family, in community or other areas of life. • Your roles grow out of and contribute to the fulfillment of your personal mission. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

27. How Many? • It is recommended that you combine functions, if necessary, to keep your total number of active roles to no more than seven. • You may have less. • Some of your roles may be permanent, some may change occasionally. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

28. “Sharpen the Saw” • In addition to the roles you’ve identified, we suggest a separate and foundational role called Sharpen the Saw. • You need to invest time increasing your personal capacity in four fundamental areas. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

29. Four Fundamental Areas • Spiritual • Physical • Social/Emotional • Mental Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

30. Sharpen the Saw • Your personal development role • Your role to yourself Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

31. Step 3: Identify Goals “The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” John Ruskin

32. How to Set Weekly Goals • Ask yourself, “What is the most important thing I could do in each role this week that would have the greatest positive impact?” • Consider your relationships for each role. • Review your “Perhaps List” for ideas. • Identify the steps that need to be taken to achieve long-term goals. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

33. “Perhaps List” • Don’t forget great ideas! • Keep a list of things you might want to do for each role. • These are not commitments. • Perhaps you’ll do them -- perhaps you won’t. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

34. Long-Term Goals • Record your long-term goals for each role. • Review your “Perhaps List” for ideas. • Long-term goals provide a link between your personal mission statement and weekly goals. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

35. Setting Effective Long-Term Goals • Ask yourself three vital questions: • What do I want to accomplish? • Why do I want to do it? • How will I do it? Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

36. Distinctive Elements of Effective Weekly Goals • They can be either an area of focus or a specific activity you schedule. • They are usually Quadrant II goals rather than typical to-dos or daily action items. • They are driven by conscience. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

37. Step 4: Organize Weekly “A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.” Robert J. McKain Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

38. The Perspective of the Week The perspective of the week provides a powerful solution that links the close-up view of the day to the big picture in a balanced, realistic way. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

39. The “Normal View” The week becomes the “normal view” that gives the most accurate perspective for creating a balanced, quality life. 7 Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

40. Step 5: Exercise Integrity in the Moment of Choice “The greatest value of the process is not what it does to your schedule, but what it does to your head.” Stephen R. Covey

41. The Space Between Stimulus and Response • Reactive Model vs. Proactive Model Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

42. Reactive Model STIMULUS RESPONSE Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

43. Proactive Model Moment of Choice STIMULUS RESPONSE Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01

44. Teen Challenge Training Course 301.01 “First Things First” Compiled by Warren Hunsberger For more information about this course and other training resources: Contact Teen Challenge International via email at GTC@Globaltc.org Or visit our training website at www.iTeenChallenge.org Based on the best selling book by Stephen R. Covey