Personal Management

Habits for personal management

1) Prioritize 2) Organize Around Priorities 3) Discipline yourself

Self discipline isn't enough. Without a principle center and a personal mission statement we don't have the necessary foundation to sustain our efforts.

Covey has developed a Quadrant II organizer meeting six criteria:

Coherence - integrates roles, goals, and priorities.
Balance - keeps various roles before you so they're not neglected.

Quadrant II Focus - Weekly - the key is not to prioritize what's in your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

A People Dimension - think of efficiency when dealing with things, but effectiveness when dealing with people. The first person to consider in terms of effectiveness is yourself. Schedules are subordinated to people.
Flexibility - the organizer is your servant, not your master
Portability