Principles of Personal Management

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. --- Goethe

Question 1: What one thing could you do (you aren't dong now) that if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your personal life? Walk one hour after work.

Question 2: What one thing in your business or professional life would bring similar results? 3mE

Habit 1 says, "I'm the creator.?I'm?in charge. I can?change." (Imagination, conscience, independent will, and, particularly, self-awareness.)

Habit 2 is the first or mental creation. (Imagination, conscience)

Habit 3, then, is the second creation, the physical creation. It's the exercise of independent will toward becoming principle-centered. It's the day-in, day-out, moment-by-moment doing it.

3.1 The Power Of Independent Will

Your discipline comes from within.

Independent will: the power to do something when you don't want to do it, to be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

3.2 Moving into Quadrant II (Important and not urgent things)

3.2.1 Coherence: there is harmony, unity, and integrity between your vision and mission, your roles and goals, your priorities and plans, and your desires and discipline.

3.2.2 Balance: to identify your various roles and keep them right in front of you

3.2.3 Quadrant II Focus: The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Organize your life on a weekly basis

3.2.4 A 'People' Dimension: the subordination of schedules of people. To facilitate implementation rather than create guilt when a schedule is not followed.

3.2.5 Flexibility

3.2.6 Portability: your tool should also be portable, so that you can carry it with you most of the time.

3.3 Becoming a Quadrant II Self-Manager

3.3.1 Identifying Roles: your key roles, the roles in your life

a, Individual

b, Spouse/Parent

c, Manager New Products

3.3.2 Selecting Goals:?think of one or two important results you feel you should accomplish in each role during the next seven days. Ideally, these weekly goals should be tied to the longer-term goals you have identified.

3.3.3 Scheduling: translate each goal to a specific day of the week

3.4 Living It