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Keene State College Continuing Ed - January 29,2008
First Things First Examining your priorities & the way you set them.
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Things to Keep in Mind
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Be flexible
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You are NOTa robot.
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RecognizePoint of View
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If everything is a top priority
then nothing is.
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Avoid Firefighting
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Look at
the Big Picture
And seewhat is right
in front of you
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Ways To Prioritize
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Low Hanging Fruit
• Easy to accomplish
• Obvious winner
• Gives you momentum
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Dependencies • Timing
First Things First
• Pending
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King Log
• Leverage– makes a lot of
things move forward
• Eases pressure– Makes a lot of
people happy
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Extenuating circumstances • Medical
emergencies• Family• Weather • Acts of God • Things you
can’t anticipate
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• Urgent is immediate, has to do with time
• Important is what you value most highly
Urgent vs. Important
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Prioritizing by Values:
• “What you value”, your principles, standards of behavior
• Your deeply held beliefs about what is most important in life
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Exercises Part One – What you believe is important
• Values Checklist• Values Exercise• Wheel of Life and Values
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Part Two:What your life says is important
• To Do List exercise• Blank week
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AssignmentFor Thursday:
Where do you want to be by March 25th?