Success can be defined as the progressive realization of a predetermined goal. The discipline to prioritize and the ability to work toward a stated goal are essential to a leader’s success. –John Maxwell
Organize or Agonize
High importance/High urgency
High importance/Low urgency
Low importance/High urgency
Low importance/Low urgency
Choose or Lose
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LEADERS
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FOLLOWERS
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Initiate
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React
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Lead; pick up the phone and make contact
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Wait; listen for the phone to ring
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Spend time planning; anticipate problems
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Spend time living day-to-day; react to problems
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Invest time with people
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Spend time with people
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Fill the calendar by priority
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Fill the calendar by request
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Evaluate or Stalemate
(3 R’s)
What is required
of me?
What gives me the greatest return?
What is most rewarding?
To keep your priorities in place
Evaluate (3 R’s)
Eliminate (what am I doing that someone else could do?)
Estimate (put it on your calendar)
Until the Twentieth Century, priority was only used in the singular. – Jorja Davis
You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically
everything. – Tony Campolo
The good is the enemy of the best – make all decisions based
on your goals. –Jorja Davis
When little priorities demand too much of us, big problems
arise. –John Maxwell
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