Habit 3 Put first things first Dr Kanwal

Habit 3 Put first things first Dr. Kanwal Kaisser

Habit 3 in Our Paradigms Put first things first Feeling Thoughts Behavior

Big Rocks first!!!!! Story time….

"No, " he said, "that's not really the point. The point is this: Put the Big Rocks in First

Most Expensive Commodity Money VS Time

Time Principles from Quran ﺍ By (the Token of) Time (through the ages), ﺍﻧﺍ ﻱ Verily Man is in loss, ﺍ ﺍﻳ آﻭﺍ ﻭﺍ ﺍﻟ ﺍﺍ ﺍﺍ ﺍﻟ Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy. (Al-Asr)

What preserves deeds? ? Personal Traits Social Traits • Eman • Teach truth • Amal Saleh • Teach Sabr

Best Blessings for Time management The Prophet ﷺ was reported to have said, "There are two blessings in which people are cheated: health and leisure time. " [Bukhari]

Five Important Things to Cherish "Grab five things before five others: • Your youth before your old age, • Your health before your illness, • Your wealth before your poverty, • Your leisure before your work, and • Your life before your death. " [Al-Hakim]

Early to Bed & Early to Rise Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Oh Allah, bless my nation's early rising. ’ [ Abu Dawud]

Effective Time management You can do it!!!

Set Priorities right

Put first Things First Urgent Important

The Four Time Quadrants. Which describes YOU? Urgent Important Not Urgent

What fits where Urgent Not Urgent Important Not Important Window shopping Social Networking Entertainment Gossip (All time wasters)

Procrastinators Urgent Important Non-Urgent Important • Total Irresponsibility • Fired from work • Dependent on others

What fits where Urgent Not Urgent Phone calls Surprise visits Guests (Interruptions) time wasters Important Not Important

Yes-man Urgent Important • • Short term focus Crisis Management Feels victimized, out of control Shallow relationships Non-Urgent Important Non-Urgent Non-Important

What fits where Urgent Important Not Urgent Crises Pressing problems Deadline driven projects Accidents Interruptions time wasters

Slackers • • Stress Burnout Crisis Management Always putting out fires Urgent Non-Important Non-Urgent Non-Important

What fits where Important Urgent Not Urgent Pressing problems Planning Studies Weddings Relationships New opportunities Interruptions time wasters Not Important

Prioritize with 80/20 Principle Urgent Important • • • Vision Balance Discipline Control Few crisis (manageable)

Becoming a Quadrant -2 Self-Manager Manage four key activities

Steps to manage 1. Identifying Roles: individual, home, office, study 2. Selecting Goals: Mention 2 -3 results you expect in each goal 3. Scheduling: Schedule time to do them 4. Daily Adapting: Review each morning

Few more tips • • • Perfectionist Syndrome Slow start syndrome Peak Performance time Multitasking Delegation

To get in touch…. Dr. Kanwal Kaisser @ Hamaray. Bachchay hbheadoffice@gmail. com