Time

Management Model and

Seven Habits
 The Time Management Model
The ability to manage 5me normally takes two
skills:

•  Organiza5on: the ability to organize tasks
according to their priori5es
•  Task: the ability to focus on the task at hand
 The Time Management Model

 Four Types of Time Tacklers
•  Perfec&onists will oAen spend too much 5me
arranging their priori5es, but do not focus on the
task at hand
•  Slobs are always in disarray because they fail to
priori5ze and do not focus on the task at hand
•  Doers focus on a task they are performing, but oAen
fail to accomplish the important ones because they
fail to priori5ze
•  Time Managers priori5ze their tasks so that they
know which ones need to be accomplished first and
always focus on the task at hand
 Rearranging the dimensions….
How to improve your Time Management skills
•  Focus upon the task at hand to discover what
needs to be accomplished
•  Organize the material so that the task can be
accomplished
•  Use the materials to get the task done
•  Use one’s inner abili5es and ins5nct to wrap
things up (know when to stop and what to finish)
so that the next priority task can be started –
don’t waste 5me on unimportant details
 The Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by
Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989



1.  BE PROACTIVE: Between s&mulus and response in human
beings lies the power to choose. Produc&vity, then,
means that we are solely responsible for what happens in
our lives. No fair blaming anyone or anything else.

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 The Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by
Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989


2. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND: Imagine your funeral and
listen to what you would like the eulogist to say about you.
This should reveal exactly what maTers most to you in your
life. Use this frame of reference to make all your day-to-day
decisions so that you are working toward your most
meaningful life goals.

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 The Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by
Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989


3.  PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST. To manage our lives effec&vely,
we must keep our mission in mind, understand what’s
important as well as urgent, and maintain a balance
between what we produce each day and our ability to
produce in the future. Think of the former as puXng out
fires and the laTer as personal development.

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 The Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by
Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989


4. THINK WIN/WIN. Agreements or solu&ons among people
can be mutually beneficial if all par&es cooperate and begin
with a belief in the “third alterna&ve”: a beTer way that
hasn’t been thought of yet.

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 The Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by
Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989
5.  SEEK FIRST OT BE UNDERSTANDING, THEN TO BE
UNDERSTOOD. Most people don’t listen. Not really.
They listen long enough to devise a solu&on to the
speaker’s problem or a rejoinder to what’s being said.
Then they dive into the conversa&on. You’ll be more
effec&ve in you rela&onships with people if you sincerely
try to understand them fully before you try to make them
understand your point of view

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 Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character
Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989
6.  SYNERGIZE. Just what it sound like. The whole is
greater than the sum of its parts. In prac&ce, this
means you must use “crea&ve coopera&on” in
social interac&ons. Value differences because it is
ocen the clash between them that leads to
crea&ve solu&ons.

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 Seven Habits
From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effec&ve People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by
Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989
7.  SHARPEN THE SAW. This is the habit of self-renewal, which
has four elements. The first is mental, which includes
reading, visualizing, planning and wri&ng. The second is
spiritual, which means value clarifica&on and
commitment, study and medita&on. Third is social/
emo&onal, which stress management includes service,
empathy, synergy and intrinsic security. Finally, the
physical includes exercise, nutri&on and stress
management.

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