Manage effectively with these principles

According to Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, those who perform at the highest levels of personal effectiveness satisfy the following criterion weekly:

Know your roles: If you haven’t taken time to think about the roles in your life, you’ll need to compile a list of the roles that place demands on your time on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Don’t worry about defining these roles but do think about the roles you fulfill that will require your time over the next week, For the next 7 days, mine looks something like this:

1. Individual

2. Spouse

3. Parent

4. Business Manager

5. Trainer/Health Coach

6. Professor

7. Property Manager

Select your goals: What are one or two important results you should accomplish this week in each of these roles? These will be your goals and should be tied ultimately to longer term goals for your personal mission.

1. Individual: (Doctor appointment, Close move ring 6/7 days)

2. Spouse: (Disc Assessment Meeting, Game Sunday)

3. Parent: (Extra curricular activites, Parent teacher conference)

4. Business Manager (Prepare November focus, Month end report)

5. Trainer/Health Coach (New programs written for 2 clients, Nutrition analysis tool onboarding)

6. Professor (Planning for class, grade assignment 3)

7. Property Manager (Fix washer, Mow lawn)

Set your schedule: Look at your goals for this week and set aside the appropriate amount of time to accomplish your goals above)

Adapt Daily: Look at your schedule for each day with your goals and adapt as unanticipated events occur. Continue to prioritize your schedule to find the balance in achieving the things you have prioritized without getting pulled into accomplishing things you don’t want or need to be doing at all.