Friday, March 10 -- Week 10 EARLY CALENDAR

Kudos to Paul!  He has embraced proactive language and is going to use it the next time he needs to share his opinion!

Kudos to Dyreek!  He focused on his success and self-advocates when he has a question!

 

Weeks 10 and 11 began Monday.  Because we are learning about Stephen Covey's habits, the assignments are spread out over 2 weeks/modules.  Weeks 10 and 11 are due together on Friday, March 17.  Be sure to manage your time over the next 2 weeks -- test out the skills you learned in Week 4 and reviewed in Week 7!  I recommend following the normal schedule and doing Week 10 by this Friday and Week 11 by the 17th.

Reminder:  For the Covey assignments, be sure to reference the text so that it is clear you did the reading.  Check out the attachment for tips on how to reference text.

Ready, learn, lead!

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

The 3rd habit is to Put First Things First.  To be effective, you must be a good manager of time.  You used a Covey Quadrant in Week 4 as a time management tool.  As you explore Habit #4, consider what worked for you in Week 4 and what did not? What can you do differently to be sure you are putting "first things first"?

How do you make the changes necessary to put things first?

Check out this info from behavior change specialist Judith Martin (Links to an external site.) is a behavior change specialist.  According to Martin, you should put the important and not the urgent things.  To do so, she recommends the following guidelines:

1. Coherence: Keep a list in your planner naming your short- and long-term goals, and the roles you have.
2. Balance: Your roles and goals, your health, family and development should be balanced in your schedule.
3. Focus: Organize on a weekly basis so you can check if all roles are included in your week. You can still shift some during your day or as the days pass. Weekly planning provides a better overview.
4. Subordinate schedules to people: When people and relationship come in play, you need to realize their importance over the scheduled activities.
5. Flexibility: “Your planning tool should be your servant, never your master,” says Covey. Plan as it suits you and how you are, not as you think you should.
6. Portable: Keep your schedule with you most of the time. You might want to check the schedule, or the goals on it. Or to compare what you planned with new opportunities.

How do you apply the six qualities into your week schedule?

Here are tips from Judith Martin to help you get started on applying Covey's ideas to your life:

• Define your roles. Think about your different roles during the upcoming week.
• Select your goals. Which goals do you want to accomplish within each of the roles you defined? Write down one or two as part of your schedule.
• Schedule your week. Start with filling those hours that can only be spent during office hours, or on Saturdays.
• Adapt daily. With your schedule written down, daily planning becomes daily adapting. Take a few minutes each morning to reconsider your current schedule.

For more information about this habit, go to a blog devoted to the 3rd Covey Habit at http://personalexcellence.co/blog/put-first-things-first/ (Links to an external site.)

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