7 habits of highly success teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: put first things first

Habit three is all about WILL and WILL NOT power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. Its living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first deal with things that are: important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of tie management.

Quadrant 1: things that are important or urgent

Quadrant 2: things that are important but not urgent

quadrant 3: things that are not important but not urgent.

quadrant 4: things that are not important and not urgent

1.  Important&urgent	2.IMportant but not urgent
3.not important but are urgent	4.not important&not urgent

quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time, doing things that they are important but not urgent. here’s where priorities come to play. the results for living quadrant 2 are:

1.  COntrol of your life  

2. Balance  

3. high performance

so, in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? the key is to shift as much time as possible into quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. spend more time planning and incoporating the most important things first, things that matter most. keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

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