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Focusing and Executing Your Priorities: Living Above the Line

Focusing and Executing Your Priorities: Living Above the Line. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” —Michael Althsuler. Time Management Objectives (pg 263-273). Describe some benefits of time management

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Focusing and Executing Your Priorities: Living Above the Line

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  1. Focusing and Executing Your Priorities: Living Above the Line “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” —Michael Althsuler

  2. Time Management Objectives (pg 263-273) • Describe some benefits of time management • Describe consequences of poor time management • List concepts of time management Franklin Covey

  3. Time Management: ability to control your time & commitments Priority something you give attention to before you think about other things Procrastination tendency to delay or put things off Multitasking ability to complete more than one task at a time Distraction things that draw your attention or interest away from what you are doing

  4. “No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.” Henry Emerson Fosdick BENEFITS: • Get things done • Maintain order • Create time for things you want to do • Reduce stress

  5. Consequences of not planning • Stress • Unprepared • Feel cannot catch up • Don’t accomplish tasks to best of your ability • Waste time

  6. Planning System Set priorities Eliminate distractions & activities that don’t meet your goal Quadrant 3 &4

  7. Planning Long-Term Planning • write down a specific goal • break it down into achievable tasks • commit to completing those tasks • Document on daily or month page Weekly Planning • Review roles. • Choose big rocks. • Schedule the week. Daily Prioritizing • list and prioritize daily tasks by: • Check today’s appointments. • Make a realistic task list. • Prioritize (ABC, 123).

  8. II II II II II I II I II Effective Weekly Scheduling Franklin Covey H3-04

  9. PRODUCTIVITY PYRAMID Franklin Covey-Focus

  10. What Matters Most Date ROLES AND GOALS Role: Sharpen the Saw Physical Social/Emotional Mental Spiritual Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role: WEEKLY COMPASS Identify Key Roles May 14 - 20 Family Friend Learner Leader Band Member Buff Wanna Be Franklin Covey FTF-28

  11. Key Question : What is the most important thing I could do in this role, this week, that would have the greatest positive impact? Franklin Covey

  12. Remember Goals & Values I want to be the person my dog already thinks I am! Borrowed from Chicken Soup or Ann Landers

  13. PRODUCTIVITY PYRAMID Franklin Covey-Focus

  14. Planning Classifying activities into three priority levels Must do Should do Nice to do Modelnetics

  15. 4 steps to remember when scheduling Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things that matter least” Focus on Importance vs. Urgency Relationships before Schedules Compass over Clock

  16. Time Management Objectives (pg 263-273) • Describe some benefits of time management • Get things done • maintain order • create time for things you want to do • reduce stress • Describe consequences of poor time management • Stress • feel unprepared • Feel cannot catch up, • don’t accomplish tasks to best of ability, • waste time • List concepts of time management • Setting priorities • eliminates distraction & activities that don’t help meet your goal

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