Welcome to the first part of Time Management 101. We are here, because we are tired of living stressful, unproductive lives, with so much to do and so little time! But let's really find out, how are we spending our time?

Steven Covey illustrates the 4 quadrants of how time is used:
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Quadrant 1:
The place where we have deadlines to meet, we are stressed!
We have left everything for lastminute and now have a mountain over us!
People in this quadrant live a poor quality of life!

Quadrant 2:
This is the place where you improve yourself and improve your life!
You become a better person! You build better relationships!
This is the place you suppose to be doing what you really have to do. Things in this quadrant are important to us, but nor urgent, hence we procrastinate it! People who build in this quadrant, live a great quality life!

Quadrant 3:
Ever left everything and went to answer the phone, only to find out it's someone calling "just to chat". Well, this is the deception of Qaudrant 3! Thinsg appear important! They are urgent. That ringing telephone call is urgent, but was it important? That you had to leave your work to answer it, chatted to the person and before you knew it, an hour has already gone by with you chatting!
Dont be decieved, this is a time waster!

Quadrant 4:
This is the place we all like to relax in and kill time! Read all the unimportant fun emails, forward them to friends, or sit on facebook, cheking out what everyone is up to! Watch TV, chat on the phone to friends, have fun.
Welcome to our biggest time waster quadrant! Do you spend time here? People who spend large amounts of time, doing nothing productive, achieve nothing much.

Awareness is the first step to change! Becoming aware of how you spend your time is the first step to better time management and a better, balanced life!

1)So which quadrant are YOU Spending your Time?

Is it Quadrant 1? Stressed out and then running to Q4 to "chill out"?

Is it in Quadrant 3 and 4? Doing something, but nothing truly Productive!

Is it a bit of all but still not feeling truly productive?

2)Why?

Now that you have become aware of how time can be spent, I want you to monitor yourself better. why are you spending time in that quadrant? Is it in Q1, because you have tons to do lastminute? Q4 because you're hooked to facebook? Monitor yourself and see what takes up your time and why. Half of those reasons will not be justified! How muchof your time is spent in Quadrant 2?

Remember by squandering your time, you are only doing an injustice to yourself!

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We will insha-Allah get YOUR life organized , balanced and stress-free:)

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