Transcript Habit 3 Put First Things First

On the next clean page in your folder
make a list of all the responsibilities you
have in a week.
 Be sure to include school, chores,
babysitting, extracurricular activities,
sports, etc.
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Many of you may have just realized that
the list of things you are responsible is
VERY long.
 Do you have time for all these things
each week?
 What happens when you don’t have
time for something?
 How do you decide which tasks are most
important?
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Habit 3 is Put First Things First
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It’s all about prioritizing and managing
your time so that your first things really do
come first and don’t end up last.
Will-power is the strength to say yes to
important tasks
 Won’t power is the ability to say no to
less important things and peer pressure
 When you feel overwhelmed you need
to feel confident in saying “no”
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Time quadrants can help you pack more in
(especially important things)
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It’s made up of 2 ingredients: Important &
Urgent
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Important: Your most important things, your first
things, activities that contribute to your mission
and goals
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Urgent: Pressing things, in-your-face things,
activities that demand immediate attention
Important
Urgent
Not Urgent
1: The
Procrastinator
2: The Prioritizer
•Test tomorrow
•Late for school
•Project due today
•Car breaks down
•Sibling gets hurt
3: The Yes-Man
Not
Important
•Unimportant phone
calls
•Interruptions
•Other people’s small
problems
•Peer pressure
•Planning, goal setting
•Essay due in a week
•Exercise
•Friendships, family
•Relaxation
4: The Slacker
•Too much TV
•Endless phone calls
•Excessive video/online
games
•Mall Marathons
•Time Wasters
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Shrink Q1 by procrastinating less
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Say “no” to Q3 activities (phone calls,
interruptions, peer pressure)
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Cut down on Q4 slacker activities
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Use your agenda to remind yourself of important
assignment due dates
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Write dates and times of practices, after school
activities, etc.
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Take time on Sunday to plan out your week
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Identify your BIG ROCKS! What are the most
important things for this week?
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You might also think about your role as a student,
friend, family, me, team
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Plan ahead so you have time for them
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If other things come up throughout the
week, make an adjustment.
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Maybe a new assignment is due
Wednesday and you need to push a
book report back to Thursday- You are in
control of your time
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The Comfort Zone is things you are familiar
with such as places you have been, your
friends, activities you enjoy. Your comfort
zone is risk free since you have been there
before.
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The Courage Zone is things like making new
friends, speaking in front of an audience,
sticking up for what you believe in. These
can also be opportunities, adventure, risk,
things that are difficult, etc.
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Make a new friend?
Resist peer pressure?
Break an old habit?
Develop a new skill?
Try out for a team?
Audition for a play?
Change your job?
Get involved?
Be yourself?
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He failed in business at age 21
Was defeated for the state legislature at age 23
Coped with the death of his sweetheart at age 26
Suffered a nervous breakdown at age 27
Was defeated for congressional nomination at age
34
Lost re-nomination for Congress at age 39
Was defeated for the senate at age 46
Was defeated for the vice presidency of the US at
age 47
Was defeated for the Senate age 49
Two roads diverged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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To overcome peer pressure you need to
care more about yourself than what your
peers think of you!
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You can build your confidence by
adding to your Personal Bank Account
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You can also use your Personal Mission
Statement
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It takes discipline to manage your time,
overcome your fears, to be strong in
hard moments, and to resist peer
pressure.
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In a 7 Habits survey of thousands of
people it was found that Habit 3 is the
hardest to live by!
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