Habit 3: Put First Things First
VALUES
When you were answering the questions about your purpose, did you find that some of your values cropped up? That’s not surprising when you consider that your purpose is, in some ways, driven by your values. Time and life management (fourth-generation time management) recognizes that people are more important than things. It helps give direction and purpose to the way you spend each day. Do you live what you believe?
When you were answering the questions about your purpose, did you find that some of your values cropped up? That’s not surprising when you consider that your purpose is, in some ways, driven by your values. Time and life management (fourth-generation time management) recognizes that people are more important than things. It helps give direction and purpose to the way you spend each day. Do you live what you believe?
You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source. And you have the will, the integrity, to subordinate your feelings, your
impulses, your moods to those values.
—STEPHEN R. COVEY
impulses, your moods to those values.
—STEPHEN R. COVEY
What do you want to contribute?
What interests you most?
What do you feel passionate about?
What is important to you?
What do you want to accomplish?
What do you believe in?
What is your potential?
What do you stand for?
What values are most important to you?
What interests you most?
What do you feel passionate about?
What is important to you?
What do you want to accomplish?
What do you believe in?
What is your potential?
What do you stand for?
What values are most important to you?
Are you beginning to get a feel for where you stand, what you value, and what your purpose is? It’s never easy to take a good, hard look at one’s life. Believing in something makes it possible. It doesn’t necessarily make it easy. Going through this process will help you have a clear knowledge and understanding of what your highest priorities really are. The next step is to look at the roles you play and how you can balance them all.