Who ever has time lying around waiting for something to be done with it?

None of us!

So when we want to do something that is important for us, we often stress and become overwhelmed. How will we fit it in?

It’s all about priorities. Yet, how do we do go about setting and maintaining our priorities?

Denis Waitley said:

Don’t be a time manager; be a priority manager.

This week take time out to set your priorities.

Stephen Covey, in his classic book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”, has a very good matrix for working out how we spend our time and setting priorities.

Divide the activities of your week into one of the four sectors.

Important and Urgent.                        Important but Not Urgent.

Examples:                                                          Examples:

Unexpected Crises.                                             Working ON your business, not just in it.

Meeting deadlines.                                              Mentoring and Coaching team members.

Making last minute preparations                           Long term planning.                       

for a meeting with a client.                                   Exploring new opportunities.

                                                                         Getting to a healthy weight.

                                                                         Developing your soft skills for leadership.

Not Important but Urgent.                  Not Important and Not Urgent.

Examples:                                                         Examples:

Putting out “spot fires”.                                       Trivia and "Busy" Work.

Some meetings.                                                Responding to unimportant email.                           

Responding to phone calls from your                   Catching up with friends on Facebook.

computer sales person or telecommunications     Taking too many and too long tea breaks.

provider who wants to sell you the latest              Surfing the net.             

product.

Making last minute preparations for an office

party.

Where you are spending all your time?

When you stop doing what is in Not Important and Not Urgent you release a lot of extra times for yourself.

When you begin to make time for the Important but not Urgent, you begin to provide a foundation for your business and career that will have long lasting impact on your success.

Watch for my next newsletter which will develop this out further.

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