http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/schedule-keys en-us 60 <p align="center">&ldquo;<em>The key is not to prioritize your schedule but to schedule your priorities.&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">~ Stephen R. Covey</p><p align="center">from &ldquo;The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People&rdquo;</p><p>Slow down and read that again.</p><p>&ldquo;<em>The key is not to prioritize your schedule but to schedule your priorities.&rdquo;</em></p><p>The key is NOT to prioritize what&rsquo;s <em>already on</em> your schedule.</p><p>The key is to identify your priorities (you have them? What&rsquo;re your top goals this week?) and to create your schedule around THEM.</p><p>Yah?</p><p>So, what are your top priorities for:</p><ul> <li> <p>Your life?</p> </li> <li> <p>The next decade?</p> </li> <li> <p>The year?</p> </li> <li> <p>The quarter?</p> </li> <li> <p>The month?</p> </li> <li> <p>The week?</p> </li> <li> <p>The day?</p> </li> <li> <p>The hour?</p> </li> <li> <p>The moment?</p> </li></ul><p>I ask myself that series of questions as often as possible. (At least once a week usually at the spa before/after a massage for those curious souls.)</p><p>Are you asking yourself those questions?</p><p>Are the answers in integrity with one another? Do they all line up? Or is some of the stuff you&rsquo;re doing right now almost totally irrelevant to your higher level life goals? And, if so, what&rsquo;re you doing to get them in line?</p><p>Take a deep breath.</p><p>And, pretty please (with a lot of agave on top), DO THIS EXERCISE (right now? :))!!! (Thanks for humoring me. :))</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:14 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:235:235 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/235