Big Idea: Urgency feels important — but usually isn’t.Quote: “Addiction to urgency is the enemy of effectiveness.”Micro Action: Track how often you jump into “urgent” but meaningless tasks today.

CH. 3 — The Urgency Addiction

Big Idea: The week is the perfect rhythm for intentional living.Quote: “You lead your life one week at a time.”Micro Action: Block 30 mins every Sunday for Weekly Compass Planning.

CH. 10 — Weekly Planning = Life Leadership

Big Idea: Freedom = choosing aligned action in the moment.Quote: “Between stimulus and response is space. In that space is our power to choose.”Micro Action: Pause 3 times today before responding — and choose consciously.

CH. 11 — Integrity in Micro-Moments

Big Idea: These are the real “first things.”Quote: “A meaningful life is made of contribution, not consumption.”Micro Action: Pick one area (live, love, learn, legacy) and set a 5-min ritual to grow it daily.

CH. 4 — To Live, Love, Learn, Leave a Legacy

Big Idea: Clarity creates freedom.Quote: “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”Micro Action: List your top 3 values. Use them to say “no” at least once today.

CH. 5 — The Main Thing

Big Idea: Principles aren’t something you check off. You live them.Quote: “Effectiveness is the result of acting on principle, consistently.”Micro Action: Pick one principle (truth, love, purpose) and journal: “How can I embody this today?”

CH. 12 — Practice Makes Presence

Big Idea: Being busy ≠ being fulfilled.Quote: “How many people on their deathbed wish they had spent more time at the office?”Micro Action: Write your “deathbed priorities” — then circle the one you’re neglecting most.

CH. 1 — The Deathbed Test

Big Idea: Don’t just manage time — lead your life.Quote: “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”Micro Action: Draw two circles: What matters most vs. What takes your time. Compare.

CH. 2 — Clock vs. Compass

Big Idea: Don’t chase goals — anchor them in who you are.Quote: “Goals that grow out of principle last longer and go deeper.”Micro Action: Rewrite one of your goals to reflect a value, not a vanity metric.

CH. 9 — Purpose-Driven Goals

Big Idea: Think in roles, not just tasks.Quote: “Balance is planning your week by roles.”Micro Action: List your 5 key roles (e.g., creator, friend, health-owner) and 1 weekly action for each.

CH. 8 — Weekly Roles, Not Daily Chaos

Big Idea: Invest time in important-but-not-urgent things.Quote: “Effective people spend most of their time in Quadrant II.”Micro Action: Schedule a 90-minute “Q2 block” this week: plan, reflect, dream.

CH. 6 — Quadrant II Living

Big Idea: Vision isn’t fluff — it’s fuel.Quote: “Without a vision, people perish. With one, they rise.”Micro Action: Write your life vision in one sentence. Put it on your phone lock screen.

CH. 7 — Vision Fuels Discipline

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