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    This document discusses effective time management using the time management matrix of important vs urgent tasks. It is divided into four quadrants: Quadrant I includes urgent and important tasks; Quadrant II includes important but not urgent tasks like spiritual activities; Quadrant III includes urgent but not important tasks; and Quadrant IV includes tasks that are neither urgent nor important. The document emphasizes that to lead meaningful lives, we must spend considerable time in Quadrant II spiritual activities, which though important are not urgent. It provides scriptural references defining the absolute importance of self-realization and devotional service. It addresses the fear of failure in spiritual practices, noting that the unsuccessful yogi is guaranteed birth in righteous families and revival of spiritual consciousness to continue

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    This document discusses effective time management using the time management matrix of important vs urgent tasks. It is divided into four quadrants: Quadrant I includes urgent and important tasks; Quadrant II includes important but not urgent tasks like spiritual activities; Quadrant III includes urgent but not important tasks; and Quadrant IV includes tasks that are neither urgent nor important. The document emphasizes that to lead meaningful lives, we must spend considerable time in Quadrant II spiritual activities, which though important are not urgent. It provides scriptural references defining the absolute importance of self-realization and devotional service. It addresses the fear of failure in spiritual practices, noting that the unsuccessful yogi is guaranteed birth in righteous families and revival of spiritual consciousness to continue

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    This document discusses effective time management using the time management matrix of important vs urgent tasks. It is divided into four quadrants: Quadrant I includes urgent and important tasks; Quadrant II includes important but not urgent tasks like spiritual activities; Quadrant III includes urgent but not important tasks; and Quadrant IV includes tasks that are neither urgent nor important. The document emphasizes that to lead meaningful lives, we must spend considerable time in Quadrant II spiritual activities, which though important are not urgent. It provides scriptural references defining the absolute importance of self-realization and devotional service. It addresses the fear of failure in spiritual practices, noting that the unsuccessful yogi is guaranteed birth in righteous families and revival of spiritual consciousness to continue

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    TIME

    MANAGEMENT
    Time Management Matrix
    IMPORTANT

    Quadrant I Quadrant II
    NOT
    URGENT
    URGENT
    Quadrant III Quadrant IV

    NOT IMPORTANT
    Quad I – Urgent & Important

    Eg. Crisis
    Deadline driven projects
    Nature Call

    • requires immediate attention


    • press on us, insists an action
    Quad III – Urgent but Not Important

    Eg. casual drop in visitors


    interruptions
    some incoming mails
    • QUADRANT OF DECEPTION
    → right in front of us
    → often they are pleasant, easy,
    fun to do.
    Quad IV – Not Urgent &
    Not Important

    Eg. Watching mindless TV shows


    Gossiping

    • QUADRANT OF WASTE
    → we often escape to Quadrant
    IV for survival
    Quad II – Important &
    Not Urgent
    Eg. Spiritual renewal
    Chanting Hare Krishna mantra

    • QUADRANT OF QUALITY
    → Involves long term vision
    → It empowers us
    Generally, when we ask the

    question…

    Are you chanting


    these days?
    We get answers like…

    No Prabhu, VERY BUSY THESE


    DAYS !!
    OR

    NO TIME !!!
    A million dollar question!

    How do we find time for


    enhancing our ‘SQ’ or
    spiritual intelligence?
    When …
    • 24 hours are not enough, with so
    much to do.

    • We are all racing with time.

    • We are living in a competitive


    world.
    Today’s world is moving at a
    FAST pace, with

    SURVIVAL
    of the
    FITTEST!!
    Solution lies in effective…

    TIME
    MANAGEMENT
    Effective TIME MANAGEMENT
    lies in spending considerable
    time in QUAD II activities
    which are …

    IMPORTANT
    but
    NOT URGENT
    SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES
    are

    IMPORTANT
    but
    NOT URGENT
    A wonderful demonstration
    conducted to explain …

    TIME
    MANAGEMENT
    What can we
    conclude from this
    demonstration
    ?
    Lets fill in the
    same ingredients in
    reverse order…
    Full
    water
    We are not able to
    fit in the
    BIG ROCKS !!!
    EFFECTIVE TIME
    MANAGEMENT
    lies in

    IDENTIFYING THE BIG ROCKS


    WHAT ARE THE
    BIG ROCKS
    ?
    We live in a
    relative world
    In my opinion what is
    • Important – is unimportant
    for others

    • Beautiful – is ugly for others

    • Warm – is cold for others


    Our opinions are product of our
    • paradigms and perceptions
    • conditioning
    • environment
    • upbringing
    • society
    • persons whom we associate
    with, etc.
    Scriptures & great Acharyas
    inform us of activities which
    are of …

    ABSOULTE
    IMPORTANCE
    Vedas point out human life is
    meant for
    athäto brahma jijïäsä

    SELF REALIZATION
    or
    GOD REALIZATION
    Krishna in Bhagavad Gita points out

    bahünäà
    janmanäm ante
    jïänavän mäà
    prapadyate
    After many births and deaths,
    he who is actually in knowledge
    surrenders unto Me.
    AN
    INTERESTING
    FINDING …
    Çrépäda
    Çaìkaräcärya
    Çrépäda
    Çaìkaräcärya
    Çrépäda
    Çaìkaräcärya
    Prahalad Maharaj in Srimad Bhagvatam
    instructs

    kaumära äcaret präjïo


    dharmän bhägavatän iha
    durlabhaà mänuñaà janma
    tad apy adhruvam arthadam
    One who is sufficiently
    intelligent should use the human
    form of body from the very
    beginning of his life to practice
    the activities of devotional
    service.
    The human body is most rarely
    achieved and although
    temporary like other bodies, it is
    meaningful because in human
    life one can perform devotional
    service.
    Even a slight amount of
    sincere devotional service
    can give one complete
    perfection.
    Srimad Bhagvatam instructs

    labdhvä su-durlabham idaà bahu-


    sambhavänte
    mänuñyam artha-dam anityam apéha
    dhéraù
    türëaà yateta na pated anu-måtyu yävan
    niùçreyasäya viñayaù khalu sarvataù syät
    After many, many births and
    deaths one achieves the rare
    human form of life, which,
    affords one the opportunity to
    attain the highest perfection.
    Thus a sober human being
    should quickly endeavor for the
    ultimate perfection of life... as
    long as his body, which is
    always subject to death, has not
    fallen down and died.
    After all, sense gratification is
    available even in the most
    abominable species of life,
    whereas Krishna consciousness
    is possible only for a human
    being.
    MOST COMMONLY
    EXPRESSED FEAR

    But what if I am neither


    here nor there !!!
    In Bhagavad-gita Arjuna asks Krishna

    “O Kåñëa, what is the destination of


    the unsuccessful transcendentalist,
    who in the beginning takes to the
    process of self-realization with faith
    but who later desists due to
    worldly-mindedness and thus does
    not attain perfection in mysticism?”
    “O mighty-armed Kåñëa, does not
    such a man, who is bewildered
    from the path of transcendence, fall
    away from both spiritual and
    material success and perish like a
    riven cloud, with no position in any
    sphere?”
    Krishna replies … “Son of Påthä, a
    transcendentalist
    engaged in
    auspicious
    activities does not
    meet with
    destruction either
    in this world or in
    the spiritual
    world.”
    “The unsuccessful yogé, after many,
    many years of enjoyment on the
    planets of the pious living entities,
    is born into a family of righteous
    people, or into a family of rich
    aristocracy.”
    “Or he takes his birth in a family of
    transcendentalists who are surely
    great in wisdom. Certainly, such a
    birth is rare in this world.”
    “On taking such a birth, he revives
    the divine consciousness of his
    previous life, and he again tries to
    make further progress in order to
    achieve complete success, O son of
    Kuru.”
    “And when the yogé engages
    himself with sincere endeavor in
    making further progress, being
    washed of all contaminations, then
    ultimately, achieving perfection
    after many, many births of practice,
    he attains the supreme goal.”
    We conclude…
    If we have to lead meaningful lives, we
    have learn to effectively manage our
    TIME
    by spending considerable time in
    SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES
    The end

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