Have you read Steven Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? Do you remember the "4 Quadrants?" You know: Quadrant 1 - Urgent and Important Quadrant 2 - Not Urgent and Important Quadrant 3 - Urgent and Not Important Quadrant 4 - Not Urgent and Not Important The idea is that as leaders, we should prioritize our time such that we spend more and more of it (in fact, most of it) in Quadrant … [Read more...]
Your “True North”
First Things First ... An Excellent "Time Management" Method
I've read a bunch of time management books over the years. I even took a class on time management way back when. By far and away, though, the best time management book I've ever read is First Things First by Stephen R. Covey. One of the many men's Bible study groups I led over the years discussed BIG decisions one morning, including a little sharing about all the "leadership books" we had read. I remember sharing … [Read more...]