Friday, March 16, 2007

Time and Priorities

I'm trying to do as much reading and learning as I can this winter/spring, while I have time before the wedding and portrait season heats up. Right now I'm midway through "7 Habits" by Stephen Covey and I came across this quote in a section about time management. Covey writes, "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."
Now I love quotes, but I'm a little synical about them. I think most people read great quotes and ponder them for a moment, but then ten minutes later they've forgotten all about it. Even if the quote had something wonderful and powerful to teach, that person has gotten nothing from it except a deep moment.
The quote about priorities is really quite powerful, but only if you put it to use and constantly remind yourself of it. I'm going to add it to my screen saver.
So print it out and tape it up somewhere. Maybe over the front of your TV!

Cheers

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Schedule your priorities"

That's interesting. I'll have to remember that one.

Hey, Dave, what are your priorities? Since you brought this up and all.