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Important criteria a Q2 organizer will need to meet:
1.

Coherence

In your planner, there should be a place for your personal mission statement, your roles and short & long
term goals. Coherence suggests: harmony, unity and integrity between vision and mission, roles and
goals, priorities and plans, desires and discipline.
2.

Balance

Success in one area never really compensates for failures in other areas. Your tool should help to keep
balance in your life, so that you don’t neglect important areas, such as your health, family, personal
development.
3.

Quadrant II-focus

Organizing THE WEEK will help you spend the time you need in Q2. The key is not to prioritize
what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
4.

People are more important than schedules

Your tool needs to reflect that value.
5.

Flexibility

Your planning should be your servant, never your master
6.

Portability

Your organizer should be portable so that you can carry it with you

Quadrant II-organizing involves four key activities:
1.

Identifying roles: write down your key roles:

e.g.: individual, husband, father, son-in law, brother, friend, colleague, company staff member …
2.

Selecting goals:

2 or 3 results you feel you should accomplish in each role during the next seven days.
3.

Scheduling:

Translate each goal to a specific day of the week
4.

Daily adapting:

Take a few minutes each morning to review your schedule