Establishing Priorities

The process of setting goals is much like planning a trip, you must have

• intelligence and a willingness to succeed

• a list of people who can help you along the way

• an adult with you at all times

• a destination and a plan for how you will get there

The process of setting goals helps you:

• achieve what you want, impress others, and earn lots of money.

• focus on what you want, reduce distractions, and save time.

• make others jealous of your success, get what you want, and plan for the future.

• forget the past, be successful in the present, and plan for the future.

The three main steps to setting goals are:

• measure your intelligence, determine your super power, set your goals.

• establish your priorities, identify your goals, ask for help to achieve your goals.

• measure your intelligence, imagine the possibilities, set high expectations.

• establish your priorities, identify your goals, schedule time to take action

Establishing your priorities help you determine how to spend your time. Otherwise your time will...

• be used to complete homework

• be spent playing vido games

• go to waste

• fill up with whatever opportunities arrive at the moment.

School is important and should be a top priority, but "fun stuff"....

• is only allowed after all important stuff is finished first.

• is just as important.

• doesn't really matter.

• can wait until later.

Your rock priorities are things:

• you have to do and have big consequences if not done.

• you really enjoy and want to spend more time doing; the are the "spice" in your life.

• that do not need to be scheduled into your day.

• "If I get to it, great! If not, 'Oh well'!"

Your water priorities are the things:

• you have to do and have big consequences if not done.

• you really enjoy and want to spend more time doing; the are the "spice" in your life.

• that do not need to be scheduled into your day.

• "If I get to is, great! If not, 'Oh well'!"

Your pebble priorities are the things:

• you have to do and have big consequences if not done.

• you really enjoy doing and want to spend more time doing; they are the "spice" in your life.

• that do not need to be scheduled into your day.

• "If I get to it, great! If not, 'Oh well'!"

The rock, pebble, and water demonstration shows us that the order in which we do things/handle our priorities

• is random

• is critical

• doesn't matter

• changes each day

When you take care of the top priorities (big rocks) first...

• you have space in your life for the things you want to do.

• your parent(s)/guardian(s) are happy

• you don't have anything else to do that day

• you should have exactly on hour of free time