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Put First Things First

Put First Things First. Will and Won’t Power. Packing More into Your Life. Better you organize yourself, the more you’ll be able to “pack in” Time Quadrants Important Your most important things, your first things, activities that contribute to your mission and your goals Urgent

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Put First Things First

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  1. Put First Things First Will and Won’t Power

  2. Packing More into Your Life • Better you organize yourself, the more you’ll be able to “pack in” • Time Quadrants • Important • Your most important things, your first things, activities that contribute to your mission and your goals • Urgent • Pressing things, in-your-face things, activities that demand immediate attention

  3. The Time Quadrants Urgent Not Urgent 1 2 Prioritizer Procrastinator • Essay Due in a Week • Exercise • Relationships • Relaxation • Exam Tomorrow • Friend Gets Injured • Late For Work • Project Due Today 3 4 Yes-Man Slacker • Unimportant Phone Calls • Interruptions • Other People’s Small Problems • Peer Pressure • Endless Phone Calls • Excessive Computer Games • Mall Marathons • Times Wasters Too Much TV

  4. Quadrant 1: The Procrastinator • “Stress Case” • Seldom be performing to your potential • Motto: “I’m going to stop procrastinating-some time soon.” • Addicted to Urgency • Last minute gives a rush • Results of too much time in Q1 • Stress and anxiety • Burnout • Mediocre performance

  5. Quadrant 3: The Yes-Man • Please other people • Urgent things have the appearance of being important • Often Not • Would like to say NO but can’t because you’re afraid to offend others • Motto: “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.” • Spending too much time in Q3 • Reputation for being a “pleaser” • Lack of discipline • Feeling like a doormat for other to wipe their feet on

  6. Quadrant 4: The Slacker • Waste and Excess • Loves anything in excess • Results of living in Q4 • Lack of responsibility • Guilt • Flakiness

  7. Quadrant 2: The Prioritizer • The place you want to be • Wouldn’t take more time, just a little more planning • Looks at everything and then prioritizes • Results of living in Q2 • Control of your life • Balance • High performance

  8. Plan Weekly • Pick up a planner or start using your planner • Each week plan • Three-step weekly planning process • Identify Your Big Rocks • Block Out Time for Your Big Rocks • Schedule Everything Else

  9. Identify Your Big Rock • What are the most important things you need to do this week? • Mini-goals • Think of your key roles of your life • Don’t get carried away • Be realistic and narrow your focus

  10. Block Out Time for Your Big Rocks • Big-rock experiment • Big rocks = important things • Pebbles = little everyday things • If you don’t schedule your big rocks in first, they won’t get done • Book your big rocks by block out time in your planner

  11. Schedule Everything Else • Once you have your big rocks booked, schedule in all of your other little to-dos, daily task, and appointments • Here is where the pebbles go!

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