The third habit is self management. It leads from the second habit after you have put your personal mission then the third habit tells you how to achieve it. It uses the left brain which is more logical . The Habit two is the right brain activity and is about leadership. Lead from the right brain but manage from the left brain. Third habit is putting first thing first. It is all about prioritizing, spending time in things which are long term and will benefit you in achieving your mission or goal. Most of the human beings spend a lot of time either in fire fighting, crisis management or in non productive activities like chatting, playing internet games or watching inane TV programmes. Author with the help of the urgent-important grid really helps you in managing yourself. In short you should do activities which are important but not urgent. Important actives are those activities which helps you in achieving your mission/goals. We should instead of managing time manage ourselves.

So identify your various roles which you play for example
a. Individual
b. Family person
c. Husband/wife
d. Father/mother
e. Son/daughter
f. Student
g. Professional
h. College cricket team player
i. Student committee head
j. Leader

Think of some of the things which you would like to achieve for each role. As an individual you might like to learn new skills, read latest book or as a family man you would like to go for a family vacation. As a father you may wish to help your son/daughter in school homework. As a husband/wife provide support for your spouse in household work/ financial planning.
After this schedule them in a week. Covey has given a very nice chart to plan and schedule your activities.

People are programmed to think win-lose. That is I can only win if you lose or lose win or lose- lose, that is if I want you to win then I have to sacrifice or alternatively if I can’t win let everybody lose. Win –Win according to the author means win-win is not your way or my way but the better way. Win-win means it is a collaborative competition. It supports the big pie small pie syndrome. There is enough for everybody, you do not have to snatch from others for self. There is plenty for others to share and spare. In Win –win approach; you move from transaction approach to relationship approach.

For win –win to work , there should be no contest, competition. It should reward all if everybody wins as a team or a group.