Thanks to all of you who posted recently! Please keep up the good work. It's great to see you applying these ideas to both the personal and professional areas of your lives.
I have been working on "big rocks in first" and it has been a challenge. I've finally figured out the Sunday afternoon is NOT a good time for me to plan...too many other things going on. So, I am experimenting with other planning times and hope to soon find the right one that lets me use the big rocks first process effectively.
As I prepare for a new school year with the students of the Alabama Youth Home, I am seeking to develop a more proactive approach to my responsibilities there. By giving serious consideration to the circumstances these students come from, I will work diligently to expand my circle of influence with them as well as the staff I work with.
I'm trying hard to restate words I'm hearing from people who need something from me so that they know I have heard them. I'ts helping in all relationships.
I have found Sunday afternoon is not a good time for me to plan. I am trying to keep a journal, which does seem to be working pretty well. Seek first to understand, then to be understood is the Habit I chose. It is the one that seems most helpful for my current personal and professional duties. Using this Habit has really helped me slow my "reaction" time and added more "think" time.
Just as many of you, the new school year comes with both excitement & additional stress because there is "so much to do and so little time". After going through the Seven Habits training, I have tried to utilize Habit 3, "Put First Things First" more as I began the 2009-2010 school year.
By integrating the Seven Habits terminology into daily activities, I have found that it is almost humorous how so monay people think what they are requesting falls into Quadrant I, while the same request would be in Quadrant IV if anyone else were making the identical request.
I suppose the key is not to get fooled into reacting as if a "small or medium-sized rock" is "urgent & important" just because someone makes a request, at the expense of neglecting a big rock that "truly is urgent and important".
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ReplyDeleteI have been working on "big rocks in first" and it has been a challenge. I've finally figured out the Sunday afternoon is NOT a good time for me to plan...too many other things going on. So, I am experimenting with other planning times and hope to soon find the right one that lets me use the big rocks first process effectively.
ReplyDeleteAs I prepare for a new school year with the students of the Alabama Youth Home, I am seeking to develop a more proactive approach to my responsibilities there. By giving serious consideration to the circumstances these students come from, I will work diligently to expand my circle of influence with them as well as the staff I work with.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying hard to restate words I'm hearing from people who need something from me so that they know I have heard them. I'ts helping in all relationships.
ReplyDeleteI have found Sunday afternoon is not a good time for me to plan. I am trying to keep a journal, which does seem to be working pretty well. Seek first to understand, then to be understood is the Habit I chose. It is the one that seems most helpful for my current personal and professional duties. Using this Habit has really helped me slow my "reaction" time and added more "think" time.
ReplyDeleteJust as many of you, the new school year comes with both excitement & additional stress because there is "so much to do and so little time". After going through the Seven Habits training, I have tried to utilize Habit 3, "Put First Things First" more as I began the 2009-2010 school year.
ReplyDeleteBy integrating the Seven Habits terminology into daily activities, I have found that it is almost humorous how so monay people think what they are requesting falls into Quadrant I, while the same request would be in Quadrant IV if anyone else were making the identical request.
I suppose the key is not to get fooled into reacting as if a "small or medium-sized rock" is "urgent & important" just because someone makes a request, at the expense of neglecting a big rock that "truly is urgent and important".