3. Go back in time

4. Slow time down

5. Bad news! You cant change time! More time would not help! The tyranny of the urgent It is a problem of priorities

6. 1. Live Your Priorities

7. 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.

8. Urgency Importance 2 4 3 1

9. URGENTNOT URGENT IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT Exam tomorrow Friend get injured Late for school Project due today Car breaks down Quadrant 1 Planning/goal setting Essay due in a week Exercise Relationships Relaxation Quadrant 2 Too much TV Endless phone calls Excessive gaming Mall marathons Time wasters Quadrant 4 Unimportant calls Interruptions Others problems Peer pressure Quadrant 3

10. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Result: Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises Result: Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises Spend less time in Q2 and youll increase size of Q1 Spend less time in Q2 and youll increase size of Q1

11. Q1 Q3Q4 Q1 Spend more time in Q2 to decrease time spent in Q1 Q2

12. Q1 Q2 Q1 Where do you find time for Q2 Q4 Q3 Say NO! to Q3 and Q4 activities

13. Q1 Q3Q4 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 This is the result of Q2 living!

14. Q1Q2 Q3Q4 Q1 Q4Q3 Q2 What one thing can I do on a regular basis that will make a great difference in my life?

15. Q1Q2 Q3Q4 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!!!

16. 2. Define Your Mission

17. Mission 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

18. Mission 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

19. Mission 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

20. Personal Mission Statement 1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun 1. What do you want to be? Lifetime Noun

21. Personal 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

22. Personal 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

23. Personal 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

24. verbs of impact lifetime noun end-product of impact people groups to impact Personal Mission Statement

25. My Personal Mission Statement Christ-follower disciplemakers family friends youth workers equip inspire develop verbs of impact lifetime noun end-product of impact people groups to impact

26. 3. 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

27. 4. Create Your Goals Role # 1 Goal 1: ________________________ Goal 2: ________________________ Goal 3: ________________________ Role # 1 Goal 1: ________________________ Goal 2: ________________________ Goal 3: ________________________

28. 5. Plan Your Week

29. (1) Review Your Mission

30. (2) Identify Your Roles

31. (3) Create Your Goals

32. (4) Schedule your Activities

33. Warning!!! Schedule the Big Rocks First!!!

34. Or they will not fit in!!!

35. (5) Adapt Your Schedule Preview your day Prioritise your activities Reschedule your activities

39. (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?

40. 6. Apply These Principles

41. (1) Get Organised

42. (2) Handle Paper Once

43. (3) Balance Your Whole Life

44. (4) Always Have Something To Do

45. (5) Keep Information Handy

46. (6) Automate Regular Tasks

47. (7) Deal With Interruptions

48. (8) Empower and Delegate

49. (9) Confirm Appointments

50. (10) Work With Task Check Lists

51. (11) Schedule Think Time

52. (12) Take Time To Give Time

53. (13) Work Two Thirds of the Day