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What are the most important things in your life? Do they get as much care, emphasis, and time as you'd like to give them? Far from the traditional "be-more-efficient" time-management book with shortcut techniques, First Things First shows you how to look at your use of time totally differently. Using this book will help you create balance between your personal and professional responsibilities by putting first things first and acting on them. Covey teaches an organizing process that helps you categorize tasks so you focus on what is important, not merely what is urgent. First you divide tasks into these quadrants:

1. Important and Urgent (crises, deadline-driven projects)
2. Important, Not Urgent (preparation, prevention, planning, relationships)
3. Urgent, Not Important (interruptions, many pressing matters)
4. Not Urgent, Not Important (trivia, time wasters)

Most people spend most of their time in quadrants 1 and 3, while quadrant 2 is where quality happens. "Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things," says Covey. He points you toward the real human needs--"to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy"--and how to balance your time to achieve a meaningful life, not just get things done. --Joan Price

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This is the latest time-management book from the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
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WE'RE constantly making choices about the way we spend our time, from the major seasons to the individual moments in our lives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
listen without excuse, true north principles, weekly organizing, stewardship agreements, deep inner lives, time management literature, unique human endowments, space between stimulus, traditional time management, empowering mission statement, deep inner life, urgency addiction, weekly worksheet, integrity account, interdependent reality, social mirror, act with courage, putting first things, abundance mentality, govern quality, personal mission statement, creating shared vision, wrong wall, chronos time Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Circle of Influence, Personal Integrity Account, Law of the Farm, Circle of Concern, Quality Council, Center of Focus,