Priorities Time Management Maxwell
Priorities Time Management Maxwell
Priorities Time Management Maxwell
Professional vs Amateur
A. Thinking ahead and prioritizing responsibilities.
1. Practical people know how to get what they want.
2. Philosophers know what they out to want.
3. Leadership know how to get what they ought to want.
B. Success can be defined as the progressive realization of a predetermined goal.
1. Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for
success.
2. The ability to juggle three or four high-priority projects successfully is a must
for every leader.
a. High Importance/High Urgency: Tackle these projects first.
b. High Importance/Low Urgency: Set deadlines for completion, and get
these projects worked into your daily routine.
c. Low Importance/High Urgency: Find quick, efficient ways to get this work
done without much personal involvement. If possible, delegate it to a can
do assistant.
d. Low Importance/Low Urgency: This is busy or repetitious work, such as
filing. Stick it up and do it in a half-hour segments every week; get
somebody else to do it; or dont do it at all. Before putting off until
tomorrow something you can do today, study it clearly. Maybe you can
postpone it indefinitely.
Leaders
Initiate
Lead; pick up phone and make contact
Spend time planning; anticipate
problems
Invest time with people
Fill the calendar by priorities
Followers
React
Listen; wait for phone to ring
Spend time living day to day; react to
problems
Spend time with people
Fill the calendar by requests.
C. Andy Granatelli said that when you are making a success of something, its not
work. Its a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your
contribution to the world.
1. Careful the petty and the mundane steal much of our time. Too many of us
are living for the wrong things.