Each of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a statement of optimism. Whatever your situation may be, you have the power to make it better by implementing these habits in your daily life. Much like a Physical Therapist or Personal Trainer teaches you how to improve your physical strength, practicing The 7 Habits …
With the holiday season upon us, there is no shortage of things to do. By now, you’re already dividing your time between community events, parties with friends and family, school activities, and holiday shopping. All that activity could leave you bustling about continually. Yet, there is a big difference between motion and action. When you …
In the desert where water is scarce, we dig wells and tap into water that is flowing far beneath our feet—water we couldn’t begin to see on the surface. In most cases, this water is pure because it has been filtered by sand, rock, and time—so people desperate for water can be refreshed even when …
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Using The Time Matrix To Master Your Daily Mindset Do you want to better maximize your time and effort toward things that truly matter to you? This year during Organized October, we’ll show you how to do that by diving deeply into the Time Matrix. On the surface it may seem simple, but understanding this …
It’s important to keep all your plans in one place so you don’t forget something important and over-schedule your time. That’s why we recommend you carry one planner. But what about everyone else’s plans? How can you manage your personal goals, work on your tasks, and still effectively coordinate with your family, friends, and co-workers? …
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Our Travelers Weekly Planner brings a whole new twist to planning with a crisp, minimalist design in two six-month saddle-stitched booklets. Its clean layout is loaded with little extras. Collated monthly calendars help you track upcoming occasions, and a monthly planning spread guides you through your month with prompts for Events, Goals, Miscellaneous, Celebrations, Inspiration, …
You love all the benefits of organizing your life with a paper planner, but you may be concerned with what you’ve heard about the effects that paper production has on the environment. Does cutting down trees lead to an increase in greenhouse gases? What effect does that have on the ecosystem of the forests? Good …
Effective planning is more than just a task—it’s a way of life. Supporting this helpful habit with the right pen for your paper planner can make all the difference, whether you’re at the café scheduling your next get-together with an old friend or at your desk turning your pages into scrapbook-worthy memories. Here are five …
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What does it take to get the most out of your ring-bound binder? Read on for some helpful tips: I take my planner with me everywhere I go. How can I keep my binder’s leather in good condition? Over time, your binder will accumulate stains, whether from its environment or simply from handling it. The …
Summer is a short, beautiful time that brings a unique set of stressors and challenges. For many of us, it’s a brief few weeks when our schedules change. The days grow longer, temperatures rise, and children have a little more freedom to play without the routine of school. We feel the urge to take a …
Fatherhood is a wonderful thing. There may be no better way to learn who you are than to spend time working with children. Children can bring out our strengths as well as our weaknesses. There never has been a father who felt like he always did it right—it’s just the opposite, in fact. According to …
There’s a lot to be said for reliability. As people learn that you’ll finish what you start, keep your promises, and follow-through with commitments; they’ll grow to trust you. Trust is a powerful gift granted to us by others. It’s something we must work to maintain through honest effort. Highly effective people have a reputation …
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Let’s start with a few facts. Life is about choices. Every one of us has 1,440 minutes each day to do as we choose. If we decide to, we will spend several of those minutes sleeping. We may choose to go to school or work. We may choose to prepare meals, taxi our children, watch …
Here’s to those of you who are literally shaping society—molding the next leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and agents of change. It’s a big job, yet it isn’t your only job. Moms are busy. You’re volunteers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, managers, bus drivers, firefighters—you name it. Even so, Mother is the job title you wear all the …
As a teacher, your job is unique. You spend hours coming up with lessons that appeal to each student and their learning style. You arrive at work well before your students and leave long after they’ve left. You often tote homework home and correct it after your own children have gone to bed. You aren’t …
It’s fair to guess that all of us have wishes, dreams, hopes, and goals. Often the things we place in this category are elusive, far-flung ideas. Over time, they might even seem beyond our reach—mythical, like forest sprites and unicorns. It’s easy to doubt we’ll ever see them. We can all quote the phrase: A …
What does it mean to be effective or efficient? In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey defines it as, “getting superb results today (production) in a way that allows us to get those results over and over again (production capability).” Covey calls it the P/PC balancing act. If we focus only …
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Meet Becca and James. They have agreed to take the 21-Day Planner Challenge. They own their own business and are the busy parents of 5 kids. Watch as they take on this challenge and see what they have to say about their experience. Why take the challenge? Here are a few reasons to try it …
The habits we form are based on these three parts: knowledge, desire, and skill. Knowledge is what to do and the why to do it. Skill is the how to do it and desire is the motivation and the want to do it. In order to remove a habit or to create one, we have to …
The desire for change and growth seems to be hardwired in each of us. It’s part of the human condition. We can’t remain stagnant without feeling stuck. Instead, we look ahead and determine where we want to be and what it will take to get there. Yet, some changes can be tough. It’s true that …
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