What's Stopping You?: Why Smart People Don't Always Reach Their Potential, and How You Can

Create a Timetable

Yet Griessman’s recommendations can seem complicated. Covey’s simpler approach, meanwhile, takes us back to school – actually creating a school-style timetable with hourly slots from eight-til-eight and blocks for the evening. You should allocate each hour of the day for particular activities – importantly, allowing you to schedule time for the vital Box 3 activities that help you make progress towards your goals.

The timetable uses all seven days and requires you to state your weekly and daily priorities and your weekly goals against your particular roles (e.g. father, husband, manager, future entrepreneur). And while you need to be realistic about time allocation for each task, you also need to be strict on yourself regarding ...