• Go back in time• Go back in time

• Slow time down• Slow time down

Bad news! You can’t change time!Bad news! You can’t change time!

More time would not help!More time would not help!

The tyranny of the urgentThe tyranny of the urgent

It is a problem of prioritiesIt is a problem of priorities

1. Live Your Priorities1. Live Your Priorities

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.

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.

Urgency Urgency

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Exam tomorrowFriend get injuredLate for schoolProject due todayCar breaks down

Quadrant 1 Quadrant 1

Planning/goal settingEssay due in a weekExerciseRelationshipsRelaxation

Quadrant 2Quadrant 2

Too much TVEndless phone callsExcessive gamingMall marathonsTime wasters

Quadrant 4Quadrant 4

Unimportant callsInterruptionsOthers problemsPeer pressure

Quadrant 3

Q1 Q2

Q3 Q4

Q1

Result: Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises

Result: Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises

Spend less time inQ2 and you’ll increase size of Q1

Spend less time inQ2 and you’ll increase size of Q1

Q1

Q3 Q4

Q1

Spend more time inQ2 to decreasetime spent in Q1

Q2

Q1 Q2Q1

Where do you find time for Q2

Q4Q3

Say NO! to Q3 and Q4 activities

Q1

Q3 Q4

Q1

Q4Q3

Q2

This is the result of Q2 living!

Q1 Q2

Q3 Q4

Q1

Q4Q3

Q2

What one thing can I do on a regular basis that will make a

great difference in my life?

Q1 Q2

Q3 Q4

Q1

Q4Q3

Q2

What one thing can I do on a regular basis that will make a

great difference in my life?

That is a Q2 Activity!!!

2. Define Your Mission2. Define Your Mission

Mission DefinedMission Defined

What you want to create of yourself and the world around you.

Peter Senge

What you want to create of yourself and the world around you.

Peter Senge

Mission DefinedMission Defined

What you want to be, do, feel, think, own, associate with and

impact by some date in the future.

Dr. Linda Phillips-Jones

What you want to be, do, feel, think, own, associate with and

impact by some date in the future.

Dr. Linda Phillips-Jones

Mission DefinedMission 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

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 StatementPersonal Mission Statement

1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun

1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun

Personal Mission StatementPersonal Mission Statement

1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun

2. What will you do?Verbs of Impact

1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun

2. What will you do?Verbs of Impact

Personal Mission StatementPersonal 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

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 StatementPersonal 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

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

verbs of impactverbs of impact

lifetime nounlifetime noun

end-product of impactend-product of impact

people groups to impactpeople groups to impact

Personal Mission StatementPersonal Mission Statement

My Personal Mission StatementMy Personal Mission Statement

Christ-followerChrist-follower

disciplemakersdisciplemakers

familyfamily friendsfriends youth workersyouth workers

equipequip inspireinspire developdevelopverbs of impactverbs of impact

lifetime nounlifetime noun

end-product of impactend-product of impact

people groups to impactpeople groups to impact

3. Identify Your Roles3. Identify Your Roles

* List all the roles you have in life

* Group the roles into categories

* Select 5 or 6 roles to work with

* List all the roles you have in life

* Group the roles into categories

* Select 5 or 6 roles to work with

4. Create Your Goals4. Create Your Goals

Role # 1

• Goal 1: ________________________

• Goal 2: ________________________

• Goal 3: ________________________

Role # 1

• Goal 1: ________________________

• Goal 2: ________________________

• Goal 3: ________________________

5. Plan Your Week5. Plan Your Week

(1) Review Your Mission

(2) Identify Your Roles

(3) Create Your Goals

(4) Schedule your Activities

Warning!!!Schedule the ‘Big Rocks’

First!!!

Or they will not fit in!!!

(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?

6. Apply These Principles6. Apply These Principles

(1) Get Organised(1) Get Organised

(2) Handle Paper Once(2) Handle Paper Once

(3) Balance Your Whole Life(3) Balance Your Whole Life

(4) Always Have Something To Do

(4) Always Have Something To Do

(5) Keep Information Handy(5) Keep Information Handy

(6) Automate Regular Tasks(6) Automate Regular Tasks

(7) Deal With Interruptions(7) Deal With Interruptions

(8) Empower and Delegate(8) Empower and Delegate

(9) Confirm Appointments

(9) Confirm Appointments

(10) Work With Task Check Lists

(10) Work With Task Check Lists

(11) Schedule Think Time(11) Schedule Think Time

(12) Take Time To Give Time(12) Take Time To Give Time

(13) Work Two Thirds of the Day

(13) Work Two Thirds of the Day