‘Personal Victory’

3 of Covey’s 7 habits

“You have 15 minutes to change my life…”

I need a lot more time to change mine!

Covey is not about quick-fixesbut it pays off, even on the short term

‘Be Proactive’

Habit 1

Stimulus Response

Reactive

Stimulus Response

Proactive

Potential toChoose

Self - awareness

Conscience

Creative Imagination

Free will

An unexpected response

How can this help me now?

Begin with the end in mind

Habit 2

Personal Mission Statement

Too important to spend little time on…

Define your roles

The activities and relationships you spend time on each week

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Friend

Daughter/ Son

Sports

Board member

Set goals for each of your roles

First things First

Habit 3

The Time-Management The Time-Management MatrixMatrix

Life in Quadrant II: prioritize your Life in Quadrant II: prioritize your activitiesactivities

The Essence of Time Management

• Organize and execute around priorities

Two QuestionsTwo Questions

• Question 1:Question 1: Think of one thing you can do Think of one thing you can do (and you do not do now) and that would (and you do not do now) and that would have an enormous positive effect on your have an enormous positive effect on your life if you would do it regularly.life if you would do it regularly.

• Question 2: Question 2: Can you do the same as Can you do the same as regards your studies at AUC?regards your studies at AUC?

• Picking up the Picking up the phone.phone.

• Tomorrow’s test.Tomorrow’s test.• Interruptions.Interruptions.• Essay due tonight: Essay due tonight:

deadlines.deadlines.• E-mail.E-mail.• Meeting.Meeting.

Urgent matters…Urgent matters…

• Read a novel once a month.Read a novel once a month.• Learn a language.Learn a language.• Friends and relationships.Friends and relationships.• Prepare for class.Prepare for class.• Community service.Community service.• Improve math skills.Improve math skills.• Read newspaper.Read newspaper.• SportsSports

Important matters…Important matters…

The MatrixThe Matrix

Tomorrow’s test.Tomorrow’s test. Essay due tonight: Essay due tonight:

deadlines.deadlines. Meeting.Meeting.

Read a novel.Read a novel. Learn a language.Learn a language. Friends and relationships.Friends and relationships. Prepare for class.Prepare for class. Reading newspaper.Reading newspaper. Community service.Community service. Math skills.Math skills. Sports.Sports.

Interruptions.Interruptions. Some meetings.Some meetings. Some e-mail.Some e-mail.

Trivia.Trivia. Some phone calls.Some phone calls. TV/games.TV/games. Time wasters.Time wasters. Sports.Sports.

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IIUrgent Not Urgent

Important

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development

Friend/daugthter/son

Student 1AE

Member ofCommittee 1

1 Write summer course application

1 Visit Paula at hospital

3 Help John with project3 Write summer course application

1 Paula hospital

4 Beer with A,B,C

4 Beer with A,B,C

5 Prepare for test6 Think about essay topic

7 HomeworkStudent 2

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Student 3Big Books

Student 4BRMS

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7 Homework

8 Illiad books 1-5

6 Think about essay topic

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8 Illiad books 1-5

Sharpen the Saw

Wrap-up

• Be proactive– Don’t complain, organize yourself!

• Begin with the end in mind– Define your roles– Start thinking about a mission statement

• First things first– Work towards ‘quadrant 2’ time– Plan on a weekly basis– Don’t forget to sharpen the saw

Final practical advice

• Covey is meant to help you organize– Not to make you over-accelarate– Go about things at a pace you can manage… in a

lasting way– Don’t be too rigid

• It helps me to plan in an interactive tool– Google calender, Outlook, etc.– You can change things a little as you go, and keep

track of what you actually did. – That helps for future planning.

Final practical advice

• One of my tutees just told me that tracking his internet time using ‘Rescue Time’ helped him to keep check of the time spent on ‘non-efficient’ activities.– http://rescuetime.com/ref/360722

Thanks for listening

Now organize!