HABIT 3

PACKING MORE INTO YOUR LIFE

• Important- your most important things what you want to do most, activities that contribute to your mission and your goals
• Urgent- pressing things, in-your-face things, activities that demand immediate attentions.
• The Time Quadrants- the procrastinator, prioritizer, yes-man, & slacker.

QUAD 1: THE PROCRASTINATOR

• Exam tomorrow
• Friend gets injured
• Late for work
• Project due today
• Car breaks down

QUAD 2: THE PRIORITIZER

• Planning, goal setting
• Essay due in a week
• Exercise
• Relationships
• Relaxation

QUAD 3: THE YES-MAN

• Unimportant phone calls
• Interruptions
• Other peoples small problems
• Peer pressure

QUAD 4: THE SLACKER

• Too much TV
• Endless phone calls
• Excessive computer games
• Mall marathons
• Time wasters

PICK UP A PLANNER!

• Plan weekly
• Identify your big rocks
• Block out time for your big rocks
• Schedule everything else
• Adapt daily

THE OTHER HALF

• The comfort and courage zone
• Never let your fears make the decision
• Winning means rising each time you fall
• Be strong in the hard moments
• Overcoming peer pressure

JUST DO IT!!!

• Make a new friend,resist peer pressure
• Break an old habit, develop a new skill
• Try out for a team, audition for a play
• Ask out the one and only, change your job
• Get involved, be yourself

THE COMMON INGREDIENT TO SUCCESS

• Put first things first
• Be discipline to overcome your fears
• Have a positive mental attitude
• Suck it up from time to time
• Be committed

THE FINAL WORD:
After surveying thousands of people on the 7 habits; habit 3 is the hardest! So don't get discouraged. If you don't know where to start, go to the baby steps. That's what they are for you- to help you get started!

WE AGREE!
Putting important things first and planning things out while not letting interruptions draw your attention can help improve success in your life as well as make it less stressful.

THANK YOU!