Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. We also participate in the Blinkist Affiliate Program. Four Minute Books participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Ditching the competition mindset will allow you to look for win-win solutions, instead of pushing people out of the way, resulting in both short-term and long-term benefits on your way to keeping your first things at the top of your priority list.Īll time management tactics are only as good as the goals you want to achieve with them, so this really addresses the root of the problem, instead of just scratching the surface. Only by coming together and cooperating as a team the people who build the processors can help those who build the case, and eventually combine everything into a great product. For example, even at Apple, there is no one person who can build an entire Macbook by themselves - or even a mouse. The only way to overcome it is to realize that we all depend on one another and can only succeed if we cooperate. But his vision of a society in which all people are equal made it easy to decide and practice speaking every chance he got, in spite of his fear, and become the person he needed to be to make his vision a reality.ĭo you see a lot of friends and family at a charity dinner? Your business partners and staff? Or just the one person you love the most on a remote beach in Asia? The lifestyle of urgency and rushing around is mostly a result of seeing ourselves as independent and in constant competition with everyone else. For example, when Gandhi first started leading people, he was shy and a really bad and constantly nervous public speaker. Have you ever met someone who found it really easy to make decisions and envied them? Chances are they had a strong vision for the future. Say no to urgent things whenever you can. Our lives would be pretty easy if everything that was important to us was also urgent, but most of the time these things are vastly different.
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Organizing Your DaysWrite out your regular schedule for a full day, from start to finish. If you do them too much though, they may get in the way of the important things. Sometimes these things are fun and relaxing. Time Wasters:Brainstorm some things that you do that wastes a lot of your time.
Then, you can get to the little things that take your time.Big, Important Things That Take Your TimeSmall Things, Less Important Things That Take Your Time Has fear ever kept you from doing something great or important? Explain.īig Things and Little Things:Putting first things first means planning your time around the most important, BIG things in your life. Putting first things first might means putting aside your fears to reach your goal. Journal Entry orDiscussion Starter:Sometimes not being brave gets in the way of doing things that are important to you. Going for Your GoalsAt Home GoalsAt School GoalsSet two or three goals for at home and for at school. I set priorities, make a schedule, and follow my plan. This means I say no to things I should not do. I spend my time on things that are most important. Habit #3Put First Things FirstBased on the work of Stephen Covey