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The only place to get time for Quadrant II in the beginning is Quadrants III
and IV. If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be?

• The inability to prioritize.
• The inability or desire to organize around those priorities.
• The lack of discipline to execute around them.
To be effective, you need to stay out of Quadrants III and IV. To do this, you
need to tell yourself and other people ‘no’ to activities, which lie in these areas.
The advances of the fourth generation are:
i. Principle-centred
ii. Conscience-directed
iii. Defines your unique mission

iv. Helps balance your life by identifying roles
v. Gives greater context through weekly organizing. The practical thread
running through all five of these advances is a primary focus on rela-
tionships and results a secondary focus on time.

EFFECTIVENESS AND ADVANTAGES

Making the master schedule should only take a few minutes. Changes can
be added quickly. It takes a few minutes to keep a continuously updated list
of assignments and chores to be done. Making the to-be-done List for each
day requires careful thought and may take 10 to 15 minutes. It is time well
spent. A planned and organized day is more fruitful than one lived whimsi-
cally without any carefully considered goals. If you can avoid getting trapped
into doing unimportant, unnecessary chores, the dangers of living an intel-
ligently planned life are minimal compared to the risks of wasting time if you
don’t use to-be-done Lists. The advantage is that you have at least given your
brain (and your values) a chance to influence your life.

SUMMAR Y

• Time is a precious category and controlling and utilizing time is
required to be effective and successful.
• Lack of organization, planning, and inaccurate priorities are some
of the common problems, which would result in ineffective manage-
ment of time.

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