Habit 3 Task 1

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Habit 3: PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST
Prioritize, and do the most important things first. Putting first things first is the second or physical creation. It is organizing and executing around mental creation (your purpose, vision, values, and most important priorities.) Habit 3 is about learning to prioritize and manage your time so that your first things come first, and not last. There is more to put first things first than just time management.
In General, we spend our time in four quadrants (as shown below). Each quadrant contains different kinds of activities and is represented by a type of person.
THE TIME QUADRANTS

IMPORTANT
URGENT
NOT URGENT Quadrant 1
THE PROCRASTINATOR
 EXAM TOMORROW
 FRIENDS
GET INJURED
 LATE FOR WORK
 CAR BREAKS DOWN
Quadrant 2
THE PRIORITIZER …show more content…

There will always be Q1 things that we can’t control and that must get done, like helping a sick child or meeting an important deadline, but we also cause many Q1 headaches because we procrastinate. The effects of too much time in being the procrastinator are stress, anxiety, burnout and having mediocre performance.
Q2 is made of things that are important but not urgent. It is the quadrant of excellence-the place to be! Q2 activities are important, but not urgent and that’s why we have trouble doing them. The effects of being the prioritizer are control of your life, balance and high performance.
Q3 represent things that are urgent but not important. It is characterized by trying to please other people and responding to their every desire. This quadrant is deceptive because urgent things have the appearance of being important. In truth, they are often not. Q3 is loaded with activities that are important to other people but not important to you. Effects of spending too much time being in the Yes-Man have to be reputation for being a “pleaser”, lack of discipline and feeling like a doormat for others to wipe their feet

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