674 - How do you spend your time?

Are you aware of where you spend your time each day?

@Stephen Covey's Time Management Quadrant is a great visual aid for understanding how you spend your time.

Each quadrant divides our time into 4 categories..

1 - The Quadrant of Necessity - Things we didn't plan for but must manage now.

2 - The Quadrant of Quality and Personal Leadership - This is where we focus and get important things done. This is time we set aside for planning and goal setting.

3 - The Quadrant of Deception - The unimportant distractions that take away our focus.

4 - The Quadrant of Waste - Mindless activity that sucks our time away.

Quadrant 1 are those unexpected situations that you must deal with NOW.

You get a call from the school saying your child is sick. You deal with it NOW.

Your cat brings in a live mouse and drops it on the floor. It takes off running. You deal with it NOW!

A vital employee calls in sick and you must have someone to cover. You deal with it NOW.

Quadrant 2 is a a space most often neglected. It's not urgent but important. This is the time you MUST schedule and have no distractions for thinking, reading, journaling, planning and goal setting.

Quadrant 3 are things that are not important but constantly interrupting your day. Unnecessary emails, texts, some meetings that could be done more efficiently.

Quadrant 4 are the things that drain your time but add little or no value. Gaming, videos, social media, TV, and other time wasters.

How will you plan your new year? What will your calendar look like?

Take a good hard look at your calendar and think about all the things that are not on it but take up your time.

✅ Plan 2023 like you have never planned before and have your greatest year ever.