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LIFE VISION PORTFOLIO

Your Time Management Matrix

In terms of the Time Management Matrix, you can think of your life vision as a plan for how you want
Quadrant II activities and pursuits to add value to your life. While one important goal is for those activities
to occupy a majority of the time and effort in your life, making that happen, even very gradually, is a
significant challenge.
For this entry in your Life Vision Portfolio, you will work with one of your long-term goals. When you
have decided which goal, consider the impact that three (3) of your current Quadrant I activities (urgent
and important) have upon that long-term goal. Are you working toward the goals in your life vision, or do
things keep getting in the way?
Here are some other trigger questions to get you thinking:

What are three of your current Quadrant I activities?
Is there any way to lessen the time spent on those activities?
Should you do so? If so, how?
Do any of your three Quadrant I activities support your longer term goals?
If so, how might you make that link even stronger?

Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.

SII SELF-ASSESSMENT

Review the learning objectives for this chapter to see what objectives you should now be able to meet.
Answer the following questions, providing at least three complete sentences in your response to each.

1. What were your strengths as you worked to achieve these objectives?

2. How could your performance in the responses and activities in this chapter be improved to help you
meet these objectives?

3. What’s the most valuable insight you’ve achieved after completing this chapter?

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