“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” Scott Peck
The importance we put on our time and what we make out of it is directly proportional to the success we want to achieve in life.
That’s why we can see that the most successful people in business, politics, churches and relationships are the same people who make use of their time the most. Not a second is wasted to things that would deviate them to their goals.
Likewise, we need as well to realign our priorities and segregate the important, urgent, and not important.
Time management expert Stephen Covey illustrated it best where he suggested that we divide our activities into four quadrants.
- Important – Urgent
- Important – Not Urgent
- Not Important – Urgent
- Not Important – Not Urgent
In so doing, we can plan our daily, weekly and monthly activities according to its importance. The matrix can also clearly layout the time frame where things needed to be accomplish.
So, for all of us who wants to be successful, we must learn how to manage our time and best use the seconds out of our “very limited” resource of time.
Rey Belen