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• 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
Imp
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port
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2
43
1
URGENT NOT URGENT
IMPO
RTA
NT
NO
T IM
PO
RTA
NT
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
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