1. A goal is a planned-for event
2. When a goal is valued it becomes a priority
3. When goals are valued together prioritizing is taking place
4. Prioritizing is the process of determining the precedence of events
5. What are the highest priorities in my life? Of these priorities, which do I value the most?
Pyramid:
Top: Daily Task List (Productivity Point)
Middle: Intermediate goals (break down into tasks that eventually appear on a daily task list)
Middle: Long-range goals (1: we tend to move to our comfort zone 2: to reach a goal, we must leave our comfort zone)
Foundation: Values (1: identify governing values 2: prioritize the values 3: write a clarifying statement for each—what would I cross the I-beam for?)
Mechanics:
1. Use only one calendar
2. Place detail in your planner
3. Commit to planning every day
4. Use parentheses to point you anywhere
5. Use monthly index
6. Use master-task list
Your day-planner is the physical manifestation of your time-line
Successful managers of time are willing to do what the unsuccessful manager of time is not willing to do.
Character is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed.
Vision--Plan--Performance--Evaluation
Stop thinking “time management”. Start thinking “event control”.