INTRODUCTION
Our commitment as servants of the Lord entails us to many opportunities of growth pushing to strive for excellence in the things that we do. As God’s servants we should keep ourselves up in effectively doing God’s work.
To be able to do this, we should learn to manage our time. Efficient management of our time keeps us away from half baked effort due to time constraints.
III. Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix as Mind Map By Chance Brown
We all only have 24 hours in a day. And if we get 8 hours of sleep we only have 16 hours. So the question becomes, “What do we do with those 16 hours?” Isn’t it interesting how some people use those 16 hours to be incredibly productive while others accomplish very little?
Why is that? Why do some people achieve their goals and experience great productivity and success while others do not?
Stephen Covey, in his book First Things First, notes that those who accomplish very little are probably spending a large amount of their 16 hours in the Quadrant of Deception and the Quadrant of Waste. In his book he highlights four quadrants where one can spend their time: 1) Quadrant of Necessity, 2) Quadrant of Quality & Personal Leadership, 3) Quadrant of Deception, and 4) Quadrant of Waste.
IV. TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHEET 1.) List all your activities during the day.
2.) Classify each activity; write them in the corresponding quadrant. I. Quadrant of Necessity:
Important, Urgent
II. Quadrant of Quality & Personal Leadership: Important, Not Urgent
III. Quadrant of Deception: Not Important, Urgent
IV. Quadrant of Waste: Not Important, Not Urgent
Sample:
I. Quadrant of Necessity: Important, Urgent
(Prioritized because of Urgency)
II. Quadrant of Quality & Personal Leadership: Important, Not Urgent
(Quadrant of Investment; to prevent piling up of tasks for Q1; gives leeway for emergencies and Q3)
Crisis
(Problems that will bloat to gravely severe problems if not addressed immediately)
Medical emergencies
Pressing problems
Deadline-driven projects
Last minute preparations for scheduled activities
Preparation/Planning
Prevention
Values clarification
(Recheck if strategy for a goal is right or is the best there is to save time and energy from useless effort)
Exercise
Relationship-Building
True recreation/relaxation III. Quadrant of Deception:
Not Important, Urgent
IV. Quadrant of Waste: Not Important, Not Urgent
Interruptions, some calls
Some mail & Reports
Some Meetings
Many “Pressing” Matters
Many Popular activities
Trivia, Busy work
Junk Mail
Some Phone messages/ email
Time wasters
Escape activities
V. Processing the activity:
Each of us has a choice as to how we will allocate our time between these quadrants. But one thing is for sure: when it comes to achieving your goals and living a life of minimal stress – all quadrants are NOT equal.
The first mind map below defines the four quadrants and how you should allocate your time.
As you will see from the mind maps, the trick to managing your time effectively is to: 1) Manage the Quadrant of Necessity as best you can.
2) Focus on the Quadrant of Quality and Personal Leadership for it makes the Quadrant of Necessity more manageable and helps you achieve your goals faster.
3) Be Careful of the Quadrant of Deception because activities in this quadrant may appear urgent when in fact they are not. Too much time here will slow your progress towards reaching your goals.
4) Avoid the Quadrant of Waste as much as possible. Too much time here and you will not achieve your goals at all.
Quadrants are arranged to priority levels. First things first. However, after earlier quadrants are accomplished, succeeding quadrants may be done if our time and health still allow.
VI. Conclusion:
Time is one of the most precious gifts God has given us. Time is limited resource. Each of us has only exactly 24 hours a day. No more and no less. Once gone, it cannot be returned and is irreplaceable. That makes it extremely valuable. This is why time management is important. We should use our time in the best possible way because time will never get back to us.
MENTORING
2nd Workshop of the Campus VIP Summit
RATIONALE
The work of evangelization in our community, most especially in our ministry is fast moving. With that in mind, arises an urgency to raise more leaders who can be the forerunners in this work. The concept of MENTORING is an answer to the pressing need of molding more leaders for Christ’s vineyard. Mentoring is a venue for us to practice our obedience to God’s anointing, humility to submit ourselves to the leader assign to us and also to the person assign for us to take care of.
OBJECTIVES
1. Introduce the basic concept of mentoring
2. Give emphasis on the importance of mentoring in our work of evangelization
3. Encourage each YFC leader to carry out the concept of mentoring in their respective areas. 4. To help the YFC leaders to honor each other’s anointing by allowing each other to become a
mentee or mentor in which way they are called to play the role. DYNAMICS
1. The speaker will discuss the different aspects of mentoring allowing the participants to understand the crucial role of mentoring as part of their pastoral role.
2. After the workshop proper the speaker will guide the participants in making their own pastoral plan.
3. The workshop will end by allowing the participants to share the output of their pastoral plan. MATERIALS
Writing Materials (Pen and Paper)
Copies of the Pastoral Plan Worksheet and Action Plan
TALK OUTLINE