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“AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY…”
Maurice “Mo” Mouton
Important v. Urgent & Irrelevant
How We Use Our Work Time
Important PrioritiesUrgencies & Irrel-evancies
From FranklinCovey Time Matrix Survey of 351,613 respondents as of 2011 (multiple countries, ongoing since 2005)
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Your life is the result of your own decisions – not your conditions
Stephen R. Covey
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INECESSITY
IIIDECEPTION
IVWASTE AND
EXCESS
IIEFFECTIVENESS
FranklinCovey, 7 Habits
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• Preparation• Prevention• Planning• Relationship building
• Re-creation• Values clarification
• Trivia, busywork
• Irrelevant phone calls, mail, e-mail
• Time-wasters• “Escape” activities
• Excessive TV, Internet, relaxation
• Needless interruptions
• Unnecessary reports
• Unimportantmeetings, phone calls, mail, e-mail
• Other people’s minor issues
• Crises• Pressing problems• Deadline-driven projects, meetings,reports
Live north of the line
FranklinCovey, 7 Habits
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Consumed, even addicted to the urgent looks like this…
Hijacked by constant, incoming demands on your time
Thinking that working faster or finding more time is the solution to getting things done
Feel helpless in his/her circumstances Lost the ability to discern important from
unimportant Busy, but not necessarily productive
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Authentic Happiness
The Pleasant Life Pleasure and enjoying the here and now
The Good Life Engagement; the depth of involvement with family, work, romance and hobbies
The Meaningful Life Significance – using personal strengths to serve some larger end
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Activity: How to live in Quadrant II?
What are you willing to START, STOP, and KEEP doing so that your time management is in alignment with your values and overall direction for your role and life? Individually, complete the above activity Discuss and debrief in pairs
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Take time to figure out what is important to you?
Relationships Job priorities and goals Personal mission and life goals Charitable work Any others?
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Schedule the Big Rocks2
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things
which matter least.Johann Goethe
Schedule the Big Rocks
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“This constant unproductive preoccupation with all the things we have to do is the
single largest consumer of time and energy.”
Kerry Gleeson, Public Speaker
“You don’t manage priorities, you have them.”
- David Allen, author of “Getting things Done”
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Schedule the Big Rocks
1. Review what’s important (e.g. mission, roles)
2. Choose big rocksAsk: What’s the most important thing to do this
week?
3. Schedule the week
4. Check appointments daily
5. Make a priority list (A, B, C – 1, 2, 3)
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Fuel Your Fire, Don’t Burn Out3
Doesn’t everything die at last and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with
your one wild and precious life.Mary Oliver
From FranklinCovey, The 5 Choices
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Move
Eat
SleepRelax
Connect
Fuel Your Fire, Don’t Burn Out
MOVE: Moving increases not only the brain’s focus but it’s capacity.EAT: Choose healthy, heart foods with high quality calories SLEEP: Allows the brain to process what it has learned and restructure itself around new ideas. Makes you smarter and benefits you overall health.RELAX: Essential to regularly disconnect the brain from the intensity of our busy days. Recharge!CONNECT: Oxytocin (releases stress) is released when we connect with people who are important to us. Connection is essential to mental/physical health.
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Essential to schedule the 5 drivers of health
Build into weekly and daily schedules Find ways to discover new dimensions
of each driver (e.g., try new foods or exercise activities)
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Move
Eat
SleepRelax
Connect