7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Third Habit – First Things first By: Mohammad Sharkawy

Habit 3Put First Things First

Principle of Personal Management

Ask yourself a question

What one thing could you do (you aren't doing now)

that if you did on a regular basis, would make a

tremendous positive difference in your personal life?

Where we go? Habit 1 - Be Proactive

You are in chargePrinciple of personal Vision

Habit 2 - Begin with end in mindPower of envisionPrinciple of personal

Leadership

Habit 3 – Put First Things First

Principle of Personal Management

Habits 1 and 2 are absolutely essential and prerequisite to Habit 3. You can't become principle-centered without first being aware of and developing your own proactive nature, without first being aware of your paradigms and understanding how to shift them and align them with principles, or

Management vs. Leadership

Manage from the left; Lead from the right.Stephen Covey

1. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity2. Management is the breaking down, the analysis, the sequencing,

the specific application, the time-bound left-brain aspect of effective self-government.

The Power of Independent Will

Leadership decides what "first things" are,

But it is Management that puts these first things first.

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source.

“The Common Denominator of Success is putting First Things First”

E.M. Gray

It is all about theProduction and Production Capability Balance

What is it?

Four Generations of Time Management

First wave or generation

could be characterized

by Notes and

Checklists.

Second generation could be characterized by Calendars and Appointment Books

It was an attempt

to look ahead,

and plan for the

future.

Third generation adds Prioritization to the preceding generations.

The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis.

As a result, many people have become turned off by time management programs and planners that make them feel too scheduled and too restricted.

“Time Management” is really a misnomer

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

Satisfaction is a function of expectation as well as realization. And expectation (and satisfaction) lie in our Circle of Influence.

Rather than focusing on things and time, fourth-generation expectations focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and accomplishing results -- in short, on maintaining the P/PC Balance.

Quadrant II

Important, Urgent

Do it !

Important, Not-Urgent

Manage

Not-Important, Urgent

Delay.

Not-Important, Not-Urgent

Avoid.

You have to learn to say NO

You have to be proactive to work on Quadrant II because Quadrant I and III work on you.

To say "yes" to important Quadrant II priorities, you have to learn to say "no" to other activities, sometimes apparently urgent things.

Prioritize

Pareto’s Law

Delegate

Worker

inputoutput

Manager

inputoutput

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