Habit # 3 “Put First Things First”

It is bases on self management which says, “Put First Things First”. It is actually all about
beginning with the end in mind. First we create things in our mind to achieve it in real world.
First things are those things which you found out most worth of.

“Time isn’t the main thing,

it’s the only thing.”

Miles Davis

A person can only be interdependent if he is a self master. He can only be interdependent

if he knows that only his WILL can rule him but not the external factor. It is the skill to make
your own decision and follow them. If the person’s will is strong and he has complete faith in his
own being.

There are four generations of time management

First Generation is all about reminders like on your cell phone or notes or to do lists, where we
can remind ourselves our tasks.

Second generation mainly focuses on planning and preparation like managing your schedule,
calendars and appointment books come in this generation so it helps a person to manage his daily
tasks and future schedules.

Third generation include your goals your planning’s for future, now you work according to the
future goals you have set your daily tasks according to your goals.
Fourth Generation is the most important one and is a major step above all the rest of
generations and it even fulfills the gap found in the third generation. It focuses on tasks that
have high values and helps us to achieve them
In Quadrants you will find all of your crises here and almost every person find
themselves in first quadrant and the problem is that they even don’t know there is a fine line
between important and urgent.
It is based mainly on personal leadership and prioritizing tasks based on their importance.
A lot of people spend a lot of time with the tasks that fall in quadrant 3 but they think that they
are in quadrant 1, they get confused a lot. On the other hand people think the tasks they are
doing are important but they are not.
People who have non-serious attitude with their lives are a part of this quadrant 4.
Quadrant 4 has no values and makes our lives meaningless and waste.

WHAT IT TAKE TO SAY NO:

 Never say NO to important things in life. At the same time, don’t say YES to
unnecessary and unimportant things under pressure. Don’t make commitment if you cannot
fulfill them. But, if you make a commitment to do something which you doesn’t wanted to do,
that realize the word of saying “NO”.