What's important to me

I recently wrote about my learning from Doug Belshaw's book #uppingyourgame: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity. In the book he encourages you to write a list of the things that are important to you, both at work and at home. These are the things a productive system needs to maximise time for.


Here's my list:


What's important to me at home:

• My family - my wife and little girl (soon to be with us!) and also my parents, brothers and niece and nephew.
• My god children - I want to be a positive influence.
• My friends
• Music - I couldn't live without music.
• My house
• Managing finances
• Watching good TV and films - I'm very particular about what I watch, and most of it is on Sky+ or on DVD - I watch very little live TV any more.

What's important to me at school:

• Being a good teacher - I want to help my class meet their potential and enjoy learning and I want to do this to the best of my ability
• Being a good listener and a positive influence on colleagues and pupils
• Promoting the use of technology and innovation as much as I can through my work as ICT Co-ordinator
• Showing support to people and ideas I believe in
• Listening to (and acting on) the student voice
• Leading my team to effectively work within the head's vision and school improvement plan
• CPD - I want to acquire new skills and knowledge to improve the way I work and the effect my work has on others
• Being involved in whole school initiatives

I guess this must be my 'current' list as I'm sure if I'd done this a few years ago it would be very different, and I expect it to be different in a few years time. But for the time being, these are the things I need to focus my time upon.