Download - A Meaningful Life
A Meaningful Life1. Would you like to look back at your life at the time of your
death and exclaim: ‘It was worth it?’• Yes• No• I don’t care
2. Suppose you are mentioned after your death in a gathering of a group of people with knowledge and wisdom. What would you like them to say about you?
• This person’s (your) life was really worth it • This person’s life was not worthwhile
Meaningful Life
Strategic
Visions
Strategic Time
Management
Competence
Leadership
Prioritization
Azm(Determinati
on)
Share Inspire Facilitate
The Elements of Meaningful LifeMeaningful life has the following four elements:
1.Strategic Visions: A long term sound vision in our life. A sound vision is defined as a vision which has clarity and correctness.
2.Strategic Time Management: Strategic Time Management is defined as our ability to prioritize our lives in light of a long term vision and then to drive these priorities with Azm (determination).
The Elements of Meaningful LifeMeaningful life has the following four elements:
3.Competence: Competence is the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) that are required for our visions. For example, our vision of scaling Mount Everest requires a minimum set of knowledge, skills and abilities.
4.Leadership: Leadership is defined as the ability to share our vision with others and to inspire and facilitate others in pursuing the shared vision. The key element behind the ability to inspire others to pursue the shared vision is a character worthy of the vision.
+ You
+ Vision
+ Competence
+ Inspire
+ Now
+ Direction
+ Share
+ Prioritization
+ Azm (Determination)
+ Life
+ A meaningful life
Destination
The Road
Map
Character of a driver
Fuel
Present Location
Driver
•Telling everyone in the bus that the destination that you want to go to is the best for them.
Driving Skills
Driving along this road
Reading the map
••Metaphor: A bus with people going to a destination.
The definition of a ‘Meaningful Life’ A meaningful life is a life that a sound ideology
defines as meaningful.
Time Management technical definition of the word “Important”
Anything that takes us towards our ‘worthwhile goals’ is termed as ‘important’ and anything that takes us away from our ‘worthwhile goals’ or doesn’t take us towards our ‘worthwhile goals’ is called ‘not important’.
Time Management Technical Definition of the word “Worthwhile Goal”
Anything that adds value to our life in this
world or hereafter and we want to achieve it.
Value Want Doing ExamplesGrid Lines
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Gym, book reading
Tennis, teaching horse riding to kidsSwimming, taking family for shoppingEating higher quantities of vegetables, TahajjudPepsi, speeding
Sightseeing, banana split
Over eating
Living with pollution
Value - Want GRID
Worthwhile Goals-Grid Lines 1 & 2
Value Want Doing ExamplesGrid Lines
1
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Value - Want GRID
Important Like Doing ExamplesGrid Lines
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Going to the Library
Buying expensive books
Driving to the Library
Searching for books
TV
Getting distracted while reading
Getting stuck in traffic on the way
Important-Like GRIDWorthwhile Goal: Book Reading
Time with friends
Successful people spend their lives in Grid Lines 1,2,3 and 4
3
4
Super Successful people spend their lives in Grid Lines 1 and 2
Important Like Doing ExamplesGrid Lines
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2
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Important-Like GRIDWorthwhile Goal: ____________
3
4
Time Management Technical Definition of the word “Urgent”
“ Anything which if not done in the present, most probably cannot be done later.”
Activity Urgent
1 Sleeping
2 Watching a live cricket match
3 Gossip
4 Exercise
5 Seeing a particular car coming from the opposite side while driving from one city to another on a divided highway
6 Seeking forgiveness from your spouse
7 Hugging your child
8 Going to a sale which is ending today
9 Seeking forgiveness from God
X
X
X
X
X
X
Activity Urgent
Important
Quadrants
1 Sleeping2 Watching a live cricket match3 Watching a live cricket match4 Gossip5 Exercise6 Seeing a particular car coming from
the opposite side while driving from one city to another on a divided highway
7 Seeking forgiveness from your spouse
8 Hugging your child9 Going to a sale which is ending
today10
Seeking forgiveness from God
X Q2Q1
X Q3
X X Q4
X Q2
/ X Q1 / Q3
X Q2
X Q2
/ X Q1 / Q3
X Q2
Urgent Not Urgent
Not
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tIm
port
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Q 1
ImportantUrgent
Q 3
Not ImportantUrgent
Q 2
ImportantNot Urgent
Q 4
Not ImportantNot Urgent
THE TIME QUADRANT SYSTEM
Watch your thoughts, they will become your words
Watch your words, they will become your actions
Watch your actions, they will become your habits
Watch your habits, they will become your character
Watch your character, it will become your DESTINY
F I L T E R
Handling Q3s
Disturbance
Urgent Not Urgent
Not
Imp
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Q 1
Q 3
Q 2
Q 4
Eating healthy food
Urgent Not Urgent
N
ot
Imp
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Q 1 Q 2
Q 3 Q 4
Link Between Q4 and Q1
Buffer
“This is the margin of time incorporated into an activity which accounts for delays
that can be anticipated.”
Prefrontal Lobe
Cortex
¬ Telephone numbers and addresses with accompanying notes.
¬ General reminders like buying a battery for your watch or buying a stapler for your office.
¬ Reminders regarding appointments with people.
¬ Picking up milk for your home.
Some possible entries
¬Grocery lists.¬Expenses.¬Putting down how much you jogged
the other day.¬Jotting down the winning idea that
came to you while you were stuck in the traffic jam.
¬An excellent proverb or a verse from poetry that you would like to refer to later.
Some possible entries
Interaction of the GK Book with the To-Do Lists
Scan every Month
Scan everyWeek
Scan everyDay
Scan everyYear
Master To-Do List
Current Year To-Do List
Current Month To-Do List
Current Week To-Do List
Today To-Do List
The GKBook
DS (Appointments
)
Today To-Do List
(TTL)
Current Week To-Do List
(CWL)
Previous Day’sToday To-Do
List(TTL)
The GKBook
Compilation of the TODAY To-Do List
Current Week To-Do List(CWL)
Current Month To-Do List(CML)
Previous Week’sCurrent Week
To-Do List (CWL)
The GKBook
Compilation of the Weekly To-Do List
Compilation of the Monthly To-Do List
Current MonthTo-Do List
(CML)
Current YearTo-Do List
( CYL)
Previous Month’sCurrent Month To-
Do List (CML)
The GKBook
Compilation of the Yearly To-Do List
Current Year To-Do List(CYL)
Master To-Do List
(MTL)
Previous Year’sCurrent Year To-
Do List(CYL)
The GKBook
Feb’1008 09 10 11 12 13 14
08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21Feb’10Feb’10
A1
A1: Iqrar Ahmed Abbasi0333-1234567Counseling about personal Development , Karachi PC Hotel
11:40
2:20
A2
A2: Nayyar Abdul Rab0333-7654321Marketing Meeting13-D, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi.
A1
11:40
2:20
A2
Feb’1008 09 10 11 12 13 14
A1
A1: Mr. Abrar Ahmed
MEETING WITH MR. ABRAR
Q1TRQ1
Time RestrictedQ1 WALKQ2
Time RestrictedQ2
TRQ2Feb’10
08 09 10 11 12 13 14
The Concept of TRQ1
The degree of success of a person is
directly proportional to how well he
can convert his Q2s into TRQ2s and
treat them as ‘TRQ1s’.