First Things First Covey, A. The authors of First Things First disagree. In the first real breakthrough in time management in years, Stephen R. Traditional time management suggests that working harder, smarter, and fas
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| Title | : | First Things First |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (308 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671864416 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1994-01-15 |
| Genre | : |
In the spirit of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the #1 nationwide bestseller, First Things First is a revolutionary guide to managing your time by learning how to balance your life. Traditional time management suggests that working harder, smarter, and faster will help you gain control over your life, and that increased control will bring peace and fulfillment. The authors of First Things First disagree. In the first real breakthrough in time management in years, Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill apply the insights of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to the daily problems of people who must struggle with the ever-increasing demands of work and home life. Rather than focusing on time and things, First Things First emphasizes relationships and results. And instead of efficiency, this new approach emphasizes effectiveness. First Things First shows why we feel a gap between how we spend our time and what's deeply important to us; how focusing on ef
Editorial : What are the most important things in your life? Do they get as much care, emphasis, and time as you'd 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)
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The author also mentions Italian scientist Galileo Ferraris paper on April 22, 1888, first conceived in 1885, of using rotating magnetic fields to turn a mechanical shaft (i.e., an AC motor) but by that time Tesla had already filed for his invention well before, with an 1881 conception date. I bought this book for my niece who lives in Lousiana but is from New England for her 3 year old son so he could learn where mommy is from and they both just loved the book!! I highly recommend it.. The book is HUGE--over 900 folio pages on high-grade paper--in excellent, hard-cover blue velvet covering, with a gold-embossed title, and includes numerous rare photographs. There is an average of 3 errors per chapter. So, if your doctor says you have normal iron stores check the reading yourself. Overall, it is a very useful guide
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