Life is filled with many distractions, that we, as humans, must overcome and push through to truly be the successful individuals that we one day want to be. In today’s society there are lots of activities that can hinder our growth as human beings, however, it is how we deal with these activities and distractions that will decide whether we become successful or not. If we can learn to slow things down and focus on one item at a time, we will in turn help ourselves by giving the necessary focus to that particular task or activity. We can also use decision making strategies like Covey’s decision time matrix as a tool to help us figure out what we do now and how we should be productively spending our time.
In the article, the author highlights how we as humans are not multi-taskers and how taking on a …show more content…
I wasn’t too surprised by this because I know that as a student I tend to be a heavy procrastinator when it comes to completing assignments, therefor, making items that are not particularly time sensitive extremely urgent. I also noticed that I spend an abundant amount of time in the 4th quadrant of the decision matrix. This is also not extremely eye opening to me because I know that when I am usually procrastinating, it’s with useless activities like watching tv, surfing the internet for hours, and hanging out and having a good time. The decision matrix by Covey, has taught me that I need to change my ways if I want to be successful. From now on I will implement a study schedule into my daily regiment. This will allow me to complete assignments earlier so they will not become too much of a burden in the near future. Committing to a study schedule will not only allow me to become a better student but it will allow me to move towards that all important 2nd quadrant that we should all be spending most of our time
In the article, the author highlights how we as humans are not multi-taskers and how taking on a …show more content…
I wasn’t too surprised by this because I know that as a student I tend to be a heavy procrastinator when it comes to completing assignments, therefor, making items that are not particularly time sensitive extremely urgent. I also noticed that I spend an abundant amount of time in the 4th quadrant of the decision matrix. This is also not extremely eye opening to me because I know that when I am usually procrastinating, it’s with useless activities like watching tv, surfing the internet for hours, and hanging out and having a good time. The decision matrix by Covey, has taught me that I need to change my ways if I want to be successful. From now on I will implement a study schedule into my daily regiment. This will allow me to complete assignments earlier so they will not become too much of a burden in the near future. Committing to a study schedule will not only allow me to become a better student but it will allow me to move towards that all important 2nd quadrant that we should all be spending most of our time