7 Habits of Highly Effective People-H3

Put first things first

1.transcend

The one factor that seemed to transcend all the rest embodies the essence of Habit3

[formal] to go beyond the usual limits of something:

例：The desire for peace transcended political differences.

造句：The underlying message of the film is that love transcends everything else.

2.unanimous [jʊˈnænɪməs]

Their unanimous response was to build helpful personal relationships with the tenants.

a unanimous decision, vote, agreement etc is one that everyone agrees with and supports

例：It was decided by a unanimous vote that the school should close.

造句：The committee was unanious in agreeing the project.

3.prioritize[praɪˈɒrɪtaɪz]

The inability to prioritize

to put several things, problems etc in order of importance, so that you can deal with the most important ones first

例： You should make a list of all the jobs you have to do and prioritize them.

造句： We should learn to prioritize our work.

4.phenomenal

But striving to achieve it will have a phenomenal impact on personal effectiveness.

very great or impressive:

例：the phenomenal success of computer games in recent years

phenomenal growth/rise/increase

例：California had experienced a phenomenal growth in population.

造句：His rise to fame was phenomenal.

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Thoughts

虽然科技的发展使我们的工作和生活更加便利，可我们却觉得时间越来越少了。所以现在关于时间管理方面的内容特别流行，因为大家都想好好管理自己的时间，做更多的事情。

可是我们真的管理的了时间吗？不管怎样，时间都只是自顾自的流逝而已。所以我们应该管理的是自己而不是时间。

It recogniaze that"time management"is really a misnomer-the challenge is not to manage time, but manage ourselves.

关于这一点我是看《把时间当作朋友》这本书领悟到的，我知道了需要管理自己，可却发现不知道如何管理。然而今天的内容指引了一些方向。我们知道要学习英语，却总是花大把时间玩手机，知道要交作业，却总玩到最后一刻才开始动笔。似乎自己非常不听自己的话。仔细想想，其实是没有区分出来什么是最重要的事。就像habit2里说过的，你要写一个mission statement，把目标写的足够让自己心动。让自己意识到这是真正重要的事情。并且在实际生活中要不断提醒自己要优先做最重要的事情，而不要被紧急的琐事迷失了方向。