First things first Written by Stephen Covey

Do you put your first things first? Putting first things first means doing the most important things in life. It means being clear about your priorities and acting on them. That sounds pretty easy and intuitive, but many people fail into the trap of getting caught up in non-important things. They neglect the larger life priorities until it becomes too late to act on them. To become a master of your time, you need to first be aware of your priorities in the larger context of your life. The "Time Management Matrix" as laid down by Stephen Covey in his book "First Things First" is tremendously useful in helping us achieve that. It will help us structure our daily activities and deal with them based on priority. The Time Management Matrix is the fourth generation in a series of time management systems developed to give us more control of lives. Each system builds on previous old systems of time management to help us gain greater control of our time.