People in Quadrant I

It's been 5 days now since i entered my last post.

I was tied up with works that required me to focus on the dateline! dateline and dateline.

Although reading is an easy thing to do as ABC i still cant get the momentum of reading running.

Reading is really bored it can never excites you nor entertain you.

The opposite has to said about completing task and duties that require you to socialize and get the job done. The sense of adrenalin is just not in there in reading.

Thats the typical statement of what people in Quadrant I would say.

What is Quadrant I???

The book tells about 4 type of Quadrant that people belongs to. I would go to the details of it once i finished my assignment.

See you soon...

Real Life Experience

Today i experience the urgency addiction.

I have set a goal and objective in my life and i have set the direction and ways to achieve it but yet i seem to be easily out maneuvered by the urgency addiction.

I have forgotten the importance part of life which is to continue reading and update this blog as frequently as possible.

Meeting dateline and finishing report for some one else have made my day today an exhaustive one.

Is is only through continued reading that i can excel in my carrier and professional work life....really have to remember that one.

To frequently update my blog through my reading is the only method of going forward in achieving self fulfillment.

Urgency Vs Importance

According to the book, there are 2 ways in which we use our time.

1st we see our time through the Urgency paradigm the other is through the Importance paradigm.

It also stressed that urgency is a self destructive behaviour and it will just fill in the gap of unmet needs.

What are the unmet needs?? I will try to find the answer...

I guess what the book is trying to say here is that you dont have to pretend to get or involved your self to be busy because you will only miss out what is importance in your life.

The addictive experience according to the book:

1. Creates predictable, reliable sensation
2. Becomes the primary focus and absorbs attention
3. Temporarily eradicates pain and other negative sensation
4. Provides artificial sense of self worth, power, control, security, intimacy, accomplishment
5. Exacerbates the problems and feelings it is sought to remedy
6. Worsens functioning, creating loss of relationship.
   

Three Generation of Time Management

I am now on page 31.

Basically the story so far (untill page 31) is about differentiating the three generation of time management that exist and there is a need to bring on the 4th generation of time management into the picture.

Here is the summary of all three generation of time management:

Generation 1 is about deciding your action based on what lies ahead of you. This generation focuses on jotting down every single task on a notes. The weakness is off course you will eventually missed out on some of the task since it can not differentiate the complexity of each task. It treat each task the same and as a result you will have a very hard time joggling between task that is jotted down.

Generation 2 tells a different story. It is whereby time management is based on schedule and appointments or in other words "planning and preparation". Basically by using schedule appointments you will have time to prepare and get yourself ready to meet the activities that lies ahead. The weakness of this time management is that it cannot connect you with people around you because it consider "people" as a sort of barrier to accomplish goals.

Generation 3 is more to "planning, prioritizing and controlling". It is an extension to the 2nd generation. It gives you the ability to connect to your short and long term goals. Your will develop the value needed to achieve these goals.This seems to be the most adopted time management methods by most people. However the weakness of this method lies with its false believe that we can control the results we desired. Result is determined not through one effectiveness and level of efficiency but through careful conection and relationship between oneself and its surrounding.

This book also quoted what Albert Einstein said:

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them"