"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."
--DR. MICHAEL HAMMER, COAUTHOR OF RE-ENGINEERING THE CORPORATION
"Profound and powerful, First Things First shines a brilliant light into the semidarkness 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."
--SCOTT DEGARMO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SUCCESS MAGAZINE
I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confutence that I'm 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 so often our first things aren't first. Rather than offering you another clock, First Things First provides you with a compass, because where you're headed is more important than how fast you're going.
Introduction
Section One
THE CLOCK AND THE COMPASS
1 How Many People on Their Deathbed Wish They’d Spent
More Time at the Office?
2 The Urgency Addiction
3 To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy
Section Two
THE MAIN THING IS TO KEEP THE MAIN THING THE
MAIN THING
4 Quadrant II Organizing: The Process of Putting
First Things First
5 The Passion of Vision
6 The Balance of Roles
7 The Power of Goals
8 The Perspective of the Week
9 Integrity In the Moment of Choice
10 Learning from Living
Section Three
THE SYNERGY OF INTERDEPENDENCE
11 The Interdependent Reality
12 First Things First Together
13 Empowerment from the Inside Out
Section Four
THE POWER AND PEACE OF PRINCIPLE-CENTERED LIVING
14 From Time Management to Personal Leadership
15 The Peace of the Results
Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A: Mission Statement Workshop
Appendix B: A Review of Time Management Literature
Appendix C: The Wisdom Literature
Notes
preblem/Opportunlty Index
Index
