First Things First - The Third Habit of Highly Effective People

the 3rd habit of form the book of "7 Habits Of highly Effective people" by Stephen Covey.
the habit is titled "First Things first" - the Principle of Personal Management.
It concentrate on how you do manage your time through the time Management Matrix Theory by moving your daily life activities to Quadrant II.

1. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Third Habit – First Things first By: Mohammad Sharkawy

2. Habit 3 Put First Things First Principle of Personal Management

3. Ask yourself a question What one thing could you do (you aren't doing now) that if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your personal life?

4. Where we go? Habit 1 - Be Proactive You are in charge Principle of personal Vision Habit 2 - Begin with end in mind Power of envision Principle of personal Leadership

5. Habit 3 – Put First Things First Principle of Personal Management Habits 1 and 2 are absolutely essential and prerequisite to Habit 3 . You can't become principle-centered without first being aware of and developing your own proactive nature, without first being aware of your paradigms and understanding how to shift them and align them with principles, or

6. Management vs. Leadership

7. Manage from the left; Lead from the right . Stephen Covey Leadership is primarily a high-powered , right-brain activity Management is the breaking down, the analysis, the sequencing, the specific application, the time-bound left-brain aspect of effective self-government.

8. The Power of I ndependent Will Leadership decides what "first things" are, But it is Management that puts these first things first.

9. If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source .

10. “The Common Denominator of Success is putting First Things First” E.M. Gray

11. It is all about the P roduction and P roduction C apability Balance What is it?

12. Four Generations of Time Management First wave or generation could be characterized by Notes and Checklists.

13. Second generation could be characterized by Calendars and Appointment Books

14. It was an attempt to look ahead , and plan for the future.

15. Third generation adds Prioritization to the preceding generations.

16. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis. As a result, many people have become turned off by time management programs and planners that make them feel too scheduled and too restricted .

17. “Time Management” is really a misnomer The challenge is not to manage time , but to manage ourselves .

18. Satisfaction is a function of expectation as well as realization. And expectation (and satisfaction) lie in our Circle of Influence . Rather than focusing on things and time, fourth-generation expectations focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and accomplishing results -- in short, on maintaining the P/PC Balance.

19. Quadrant II

20. Important, Urgent Do it !

21. Important, Not-Urgent Manage

22. Not-Important, Urgent Delay.

23. Not-Important, Not-Urgent Avoid.

24. You have to learn to say NO

25. You have to be proactive to work on Quadrant II because Quadrant I and III work on you. To say "yes" to important Quadrant II priorities, you have to learn to say "no" to other activities, sometimes apparently urgent things.

26. Prioritize

27. Pareto’s Law

28. Delegate

29. Worker input output

30. Manager input output

31. Thank You 