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‘ Personal Victory’ 3 of Covey’s 7 habits

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“ You have 15 minutes to change my life…” I need a lot more time to change mine! Covey is not about quick-fixes but it pays off, even on the short term

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‘ Be Proactive’ Habit 1

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Stimulus Response Reactive Stimulus Response Proactive Potential to Choose Self - awareness Conscience Creative Imagination Free will

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An unexpected response

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How can this help me now?

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Begin with the end in mind Habit 2

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Personal Mission Statement Too important to spend little time on…

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Define your roles The activities and relationships you spend time on each week Calculus BRMS Big Questions Friend Daughter/ Son Sports Board member

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Set goals for each of your roles

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First things First Habit 3

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The Time-Management Matrix Life in Quadrant II: prioritize your activities

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The Essence of Time Management <ul><li>Organize and execute around priorities </li></ul>

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Two Questions <ul><li>Question 1: Think of one thing you can do (and you do not do now) and that would have an enormous positive effect on your life if you would do it regularly. </li></ul><ul><li>Question 2: Can you do the same as regards your studies at AUC? </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Picking up the phone. </li></ul><ul><li>Tomorrow’s test. </li></ul><ul><li>Interruptions. </li></ul><ul><li>Essay due tonight: deadlines. </li></ul><ul><li>E-mail. </li></ul><ul><li>Meeting. </li></ul>Urgent matters…

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<ul><li>Read a novel once a month. </li></ul><ul><li>Learn a language. </li></ul><ul><li>Friends and relationships. </li></ul><ul><li>Prepare for class. </li></ul><ul><li>Community service. </li></ul><ul><li>Improve math skills. </li></ul><ul><li>Read newspaper. </li></ul><ul><li>Sports </li></ul>Important matters…

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The Matrix <ul><li>Tomorrow’s test. </li></ul><ul><li>Essay due tonight: deadlines. </li></ul><ul><li>Meeting. </li></ul><ul><li>Interruptions. </li></ul><ul><li>Some meetings. </li></ul><ul><li>Some e-mail. </li></ul><ul><li>Trivia. </li></ul><ul><li>Some phone calls. </li></ul><ul><li>TV/games. </li></ul><ul><li>Time wasters. </li></ul><ul><li>Sports. </li></ul>I IV III II Urgent Not Urgent Important Not Important <ul><li>Read a novel. </li></ul><ul><li>Learn a language. </li></ul><ul><li>Friends and relationships. </li></ul><ul><li>Prepare for class. </li></ul><ul><li>Reading newspaper. </li></ul><ul><li>Community service. </li></ul><ul><li>Math skills. </li></ul><ul><li>Sports. </li></ul>

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Individual Personal development Friend/ daugthter/son Student 1 AE Member of Committee 1 1 Write summer course application 1 Visit Paula at hospital 3 Help John with project 3 Write summer course application 1 Paula hospital 4 Beer with A,B,C 4 Beer with A,B,C 5 Prepare for test 6 Think about essay topic 7 Homework Student 2 Logic Student 3 Big Books Student 4 BRMS 8 Illiad books 1-5 7 Homework 8 Illiad books 1-5 6 Think about essay topic 5 Prepare for test 8 Illiad books 1-5

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Sharpen the Saw

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Wrap-up <ul><li>Be proactive </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Don’t complain, organize yourself! </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Begin with the end in mind </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Define your roles </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Start thinking about a mission statement </li></ul></ul><ul><li>First things first </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Work towards ‘quadrant 2’ time </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Plan on a weekly basis </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Don’t forget to sharpen the saw </li></ul></ul>

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Final practical advice <ul><li>Covey is meant to help you organize </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Not to make you over-accelarate </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Go about things at a pace you can manage… in a lasting way </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Don’t be too rigid </li></ul></ul><ul><li>It helps me to plan in an interactive tool </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Google calender, Outlook, etc. </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>You can change things a little as you go, and keep track of what you actually did. </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>That helps for future planning. </li></ul></ul>

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Final practical advice <ul><li>One of my tutees just told me that tracking his internet time using ‘Rescue Time’ helped him to keep check of the time spent on ‘non-efficient’ activities. </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://rescuetime.com/ref/360722 </li></ul></ul>

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Thanks for listening Now organize!