First Things First

by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide to prioritizing your personal and professional goals.

I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well?

Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, First Things First can help you understand why we so often prioritize things that are unimportant to both our larger goals and our inner happiness. From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide to building your work on the principles of effectiveness so that your life can spent cultivating genuine relationships, investing in pursuits you enjoy, and achieving balance in both your personal and professional lives.

In First Things First, Stephen M. R. Covey advocates categorizing tasks by urgency and importance so that you can focus on what actually needs to be done in the limited amount of time that you have. Using personal examples and insight from years of business experience, he argues for a new way of looking at your “to-do” list. Rather than offering you another clock, First Things First provides you with a compass, because where you're headed is more important than how fast you're going.

Genres: Self Help, Business, Nonfiction, Productivity, Personal Development, Leadership, Psychology

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 1996

About the author

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Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University (USU) at the time of his death.

Reviews

[Micke Sandlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

En fördjupning av de tankar om tidsplanering som Covey presenterade i jättesuccén "De 7 Goda vanorna" (En av de 14 Personlig Utvecklings-böcker som sålts i mer än 10 miljoner exemplar). Den skiljer sig från många traditionella tidsplaneringsböcker då den fokuserar mer på syftet med tidsplanering än tiden i sig. Är inte översatt till Svenska.

[Truls Ljungström · Rating 4 out of 5]

Denna bok är delvis moralfilosofi, delvis en genomgång av den första linjens konsekvenser av moralfilosofi. Mycket handlar om att lära det som barn och ungdomar får genom uppfostran igen, eftersom många delar av det, såsom förtroendefokuset, försvinner när människor blir utbytbara. Jag har svårt att leva principerna, men försöker. För de som läst 7 goda vanor, kommer det allra mesta att kännas igen. I tider av snabba förändringar är dock boken definitivt värd en omläsning.