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Learn how to control your time effectively by prioritizing tasks, setting goals, and managing interruptions. Understand the importance of living your priorities, defining your mission, and identifying your roles to achieve a balanced and productive life.
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How Can I Control Time? • Go back in time
How Can I Control Time? • Slow time down
How Can I Control Time? • Bad news! You can’t change time! More time would not help! It is a problem of priorities The tyranny of the urgent
Two factors define an activity: Importance and Urgency Importance:Your most important things, your first things, activities that add to your mission. Urgency:Pressing things, in-your-face activities that demand immediate attention.
1 2 Urgency Importance 3 4
Quadrant 1 Quadrant 2 Planning/goal setting Essay due in a week Exercise Relationships Relaxation Exam tomorrow Friend get injured Late for school Project due today Car breaks down Quadrant 4 Quadrant 3 Unimportant calls Interruptions Others problems Peer pressure Too much TV Endless phone calls Excessive gaming Mall marathons Time wasters URGENT NOT URGENT IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT
Q2 Q1 Q1 Spend less time in Q2 and you’ll increase size of Q1 Result: Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises Q4 Q3
Q2 Q1 Q1 Spend more time in Q2 to decrease time spent in Q1 Q3 Q4
Q2 Q1 Q1 Where do you find time for Q2 Say NO! to Q3 and Q4 activities Q3 Q4
Q2 Q1 Q1 This is the result of Q2 living! Q3 Q4 Q3 Q4
Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 What one thing can I do on a regular basis that will make a great difference in my life? Q3 Q4 Q3 Q4
Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 What one thing can I do on a regular basis that will make a great difference in my life? Q3 Q4 Q3 Q4 That is a Q2 Activity!!!
Mission Defined What you want to create of yourself and the world around you. Peter Senge
Mission Defined What you want to be, do, feel, think, own, associate with and impact by some date in the future. Dr. Linda Phillips-Jones
Mission Defined A clear mental picture of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants based upon an accurate understanding of God, self and circumstances. George Barna
Personal Mission Statement 1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun
Personal Mission Statement 1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun 2. What will you do? Verbs of Impact
Personal Mission Statement 1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun 2. What will you do? Verbs of Impact 3. Who do you want to impact? People Groups to Impact
Personal Mission Statement 1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun 2. What will you do? Verbs of Impact 3. Who do you want to impact? People Groups to Impact 4. Why do you want to live this life? End Product of Impact
Personal Mission Statement lifetime noun verbs of impact people groups to impact end-product of impact
My Personal Mission Statement Christ-follower lifetime noun equip inspire develop verbs of impact family friends youth workers people groups to impact disciplemakers end-product of impact
* List all the roles you have in life * Group the roles into categories * Select 5 or 6 roles to work with 3. Identify Your Roles
Role # 1 • Goal 1: ________________________ • Goal 2: ________________________ • Goal 3: ________________________ 4. Create Your Goals
Warning!!! Schedule the ‘Big Rocks’ First!!!
(5) Adapt Your Schedule • Preview your day • Prioritise your activities • Reschedule your activities
(6) Evaluate Your Progress • What goals did I reach? • What goals did I miss? • What can I learn from the week? • Am I setting good goals?