To reach your goals and to live a balanced happy life, you need to recognize that you cannot do everything and that’s okay. Focus on your highest priorities and say no to all other things. To do this, you need to be clear about what your highest priorities are. These are the goals and vision you established in the previous lesson.
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey suggested you do this through weekly planning. Choose a weekly planner that works for you. It can be a paper-based planner, a bought planner, a digital planner, a bullet journal, whatever works for you. The important thing is that it helps you keep balance in your life by helping you identify your priorities. You need a tool that will help you focus on what you do each day and what you plan for each week. Invest some time each week to plan your week. Write down your goals, your highest priorities, schedule your tasks and appointments. You can use the free weekly planner that we created based on the 7 Habits. It will help you apply each of the 7 habits every single day. If you haven’t already printed it, then see weekly planner.
Before you move on to the next lesson, take out your weekly planner and plan your week.