The document discusses a four-generation approach to time management focused on effectiveness rather than efficiency. It outlines a six-step process for discovering and living out God's will through effective time management. The six steps are: 1) connecting to one's personal mission, 2) reviewing one's roles, 3) identifying goals for the week, 4) organizing the week, 5) exercising integrity, and 6) evaluating. The process is presented as a way to prioritize important tasks and focus on relationships and first things rather than being ruled by urgent activities.

1. Discover & LIVE God’s Will
From Time Management
to Life Effectiveness!
Pastor Warren Hunsberger
Christian Life Assembly
Des Moines, IA

4. Tyranny of The Urgent
“The vital tasks rarely must be done today, or
even this week. The urgent task calls for
instant action. The momentary appeal of
these tasks seems irresistible and they
devour our energy. But in the light of time’s
perspective, their deceptive prominence
fades. With a sense of loss we recall the vital
task we pushed aside. We realize we’ve
become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.”
- Charles Hummel

5. Problem With
Time Management
Clock vs. Compass

6. Tyranny of The Urgent
“Doing more things faster is no
substitute for doing the right things.”
- A. Roger Merrill

7. Four Generations of
Time Management
1) Notes and checklists.
2) Calendars and appointment books.
3) Daily planning, prioritizing, and goal
setting.

8. Fourth Generation of
Time Management
• Encompasses the best of generations
one thru three but move beyond.
• A shift of the mind: “Doing things right
gets efficiency, but doing the right
things gets effectiveness”.

9. We Want to Focus on
EFFECTIVNESS, in Lieu
of Efficiency.

10. Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
• Importance
• Balance in our roles
• Weekly organizing
• Life leadership

11. Traditional vs. Fourth
Generation Time Management
Fourth
Traditional
Generation
Efficiency Effectiveness
Practices Principles
Management Leadership
Schedules Relationships
Urgent Things First Things

12. Urgency Index
Not
Urgent
Important
I II
Important Reaction Proactive
III IV
Not Deception Waste
Important

13. Where Do We Want To Live?
• Quadrant II does not act on us; we
must act on it.
• This is the quadrant of quality and
personal leadership.
• Move into quadrant II by using the
six-step process each week.

14. The Complete
Six-Step Process 1) Connect
to Mission
6) Evaluate 2) Review
Roles
5) Exercise 3) Identify
Integrity… Goals
4) Organize
Weekly

15. The Complete
Six-Step Process
1) Connect to Mission 4) Organize Weekly
2) Review Roles 5) Exercise Integrity
3) Identify Goals 6) Evaluate

16. Step 1: Connect to Mission
“If a man knows not what harbor he
seeks, any wind is the right wind”.
- Seneca

17. Step 1: Connect to Mission
“We don’t invent our
mission, we detect it”.
- Viktor Frankl

18. What Does “Connect” Mean?
• Develop a personal mission
statement
• What is most important in your life?
• What are you called to be and do?
• Connect to your mission weekly,
reviewing, pondering or memorizing
your mission statement.

19. What Are The Benefits of
Truly Connecting To
Your Personal Mission?

20. Step 2: Review Roles
• Identify and review the roles in
your life
• Key relationships
• Key areas of responsibility

21. Step 3: Identify Goals
• What is the most important thing
I could do in each role this week
that would have the greatest
positive impact?
• My weekly goals can be an area
of focus of a specific scheduled
activity.
• They are driven by conscience.

22. Step 4: Organize Weekly
• Every week, my life is centered
around the FIRST THINGS I
have identified and not things
that just “comes my way”.

23. Step 5: Exercise Integrity In
The Moment of Choice
• Organizing this way gives me the
courage to say “NO” to urgent,
less important things.
• I have the freedom to stick with
my plan or change it because I’m
centered on my FIRST THINGS.

24. Step 6: Evaluate
• What worked?
• Where did I blow it?
• What do I do different this week as I
grow?
• Am I on target?
• What patterns do I see in my life?
• What did I learn from last week, as a
whole?

25. Review Roles: Step Two in
the Six-Step Process
“Every man has only enough
strength to complete those
assignments that he is fully
convinced are important.”
- Goethe

26. Balance
Weekly Compass

27. Balance
Weekly Compass

28. What Are Our Roles?
• You live your life in terms of roles.
• Roles = authentic parts you’ve been
called to fill.
• Roles represent responsibilities,
relationships, areas of contribution.

29. What Are Our Roles?
• You may have important roles in
Christian faith, at work, in the family,
in community or other areas of life.
• Your roles grow out of and
contribute to the fulfillment of your
personal mission.

30. How Many?
• It’s recommended that you combine
functions, if necessary, to keep your
total number of active roles to no
more than seven.
• You may have less.
• Some of your roles may be
permanent, some may change
occasionally.

31. Sharpen The Saw
• In addition to the roles you’ve
identified, we suggest a separate
and foundational role called,
“Sharpen The Saw”.
• You need to invest time increasing
your personal capacity in four
fundamental areas.

32. Four Fundamental Areas
• Spiritual
• Physical
• Social/Emotional
• Mental

33. Sharpen The Saw
• Your personal development role.
• Your role to yourself.

34. Identify Goals: Step Three in
the Six-Step Process
“The highest reward for a
person’s toil is not what they
get paid for it, but what they
become by it.”
- John Ruskin

35. How To Set Weekly Goals
• Ask yourself, “What is the most
important thing I could do in each
role this week that would have the
greatest positive impact”?
• Consider your relationships for each
role.

36. How To Set Weekly Goals
• Review your “Perhaps List” for
ideas.
• Identify the steps that need to be
taken to achieve long-term goals.

37. “Perhaps List”
• Don’t forget great ideas!
• Keep a list of things you might want
to do for each role.
• These are not commitments.
• Perhaps you’ll do them… perhaps
you won’t.

38. Long-Term Goals
• Record your long-term goals for each
role.
• Review your “Perhaps List” for ideas.
• Long-term goals provide a link
between your personal mission
statement and your weekly goals.

39. Setting Effective
Long-Term Goals
• Ask yourself three vital life questions.
• What do I want to accomplish?
• Why do I want to do it?
• How will I do it?

40. Distinctive Elements of
Effective Weekly Goals
• They can be either an area of focus or
a specific scheduled activity.
• They are usually Quadrant II goals
rather than typical to-do’s or daily
action items.
• They are driven by conscience.

41. Organize Weekly: Step Four
in the Six-Step Process
“A major part of successful living
lies in the abilty to put first things
first. Indeed, the reason most major
goals are not achieved is that we
spend our time doing second things
first..”
- Robert J. McKain

42. The Perspective of the Week
The perspective of the week
provides a powerful solution that
links the close-up view of the day to
the big picture in a balanced,
realistic way.

43. The “Normal View”
The week becomes
Close-Up View Wide Angle View
the “normal view” Daily Planning GAP Vision & Mission
that provides the
most accurate
perspective for
creating a Normal View
Close-Up View
Weekly Organizing Angle View
Wide
balanced, quality Daily Planning Vision & Mission
life.

44. Exercise Integrity: Step Five
in the Six-Step Process
“The greatest value of the process
is not what it does to your schedule,
but what it does to your head”.
- Stephen R. Covey

45. The Space Between
Stimulus and Response
Reactive Model
Stimulus Response
Proactive Model
Moment
Stimulus Response
of Choice