Book : First Things First - Covey, Stephen R.

-Titulo Original : First Things First

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Free Press

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From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide to prioritizing your personal and professional goals. Im getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that Im doing what matters most and doing it well? Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, First Things First can help you understand why we so often prioritize things that are unimportant to both our larger goals and our inner happiness. From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide to building your work on the principles of effectiveness so that your life can spent cultivating genuine relationships, investing in pursuits you enjoy, and achieving balance in both your personal and professional lives. In First Things First, Stephen M. R. Covey advocates categorizing tasks by urgency and importance so that you can focus on what actually needs to be done in the limited amount of time that you have. Using personal examples and insight from years of business experience, he argues for a new way of looking at your “to-do” list. Rather than offering you another clock, First Things First provides you with a compass, because where youre headed is more important than how fast youre going. Review What are the most important things in your life? Do they get as much care, emphasis, and time as youd like to give them? Far from the traditional be-more-efficient time-management book with shortcut techniques, First Things First shows you how to look at your use of time totally differently. Using this book will help you create balance between your personal and professional responsibilities by putting first things first and acting on them. Covey teaches an organizing process that helps you categorize tasks so you focus on what is important, not merely what is urgent. First you divide tasks into these quadrants: Important and Urgent (crises, deadline-driven projects) Important, Not Urgent (preparation, prevention, planning, relationships) Urgent, Not Important (interruptions, many pressing matters) Not Urgent, Not Important (trivia, time wasters) Most people spend most of their time in quadrants 1 and 3, while quadrant 2 is where quality happens. Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things, says Covey. He points you toward the real human needs--to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy--and how to balance your time to achieve a meaningful life, not just get things done. --Joan Price From Publishers Weekly This is the latest time-management book from the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Larry King Covey Leadership Center has reached the apex with this publication. This is an important work. I cant think of anyone who wouldnt be helped by reading it. Dr. Michael Hammer Coauthor Of Re-engineering The Corporation New ways of working demand new ways of managing our lives. Stephen Covey and his colleagues show us the path and illuminate it with wisdom and insight. Scott Degarmo Editor-in-chief, Success Magazine Profound and powerful, First Things First shines a brilliant light into the semi-darkness of time-management techniques. Instead of seeing fragments of our lives, we can now see the whole picture. This book can be the lever with which you can truly change your life. About the Author Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932-2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peo