slosh down the pepper!

7 habits of highly effective people

*points upwards* The course that took up my Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday of this week. Time well spent! Better off than checking report after report, signing papers after papers in the office.

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Think With The End In Mind
Habit 3: First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Understand, Then Seek To Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergy
Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw

"If you want to make minor, incremental changes and improvements, work on practices, behavior or attitude. But if you want to make significant, quantum improvement, work on paradigms."

- Dr. Stephen R. Covey, from The 8th Habit: from effectiveness to greatness

Sounds pretty simple and inspiring eh? This is not your usual "Yes, you can do it! If I can do it, so can you!" motivational lesson. This is a workshop that aims to shape and tweak the natural 'habits' that already reside, but probably hidden or ignored, in you.

Well, at least after the course, I am acknowledging my continued ignorance of my inability to practice Habit 5. I didn't even think it was a flaw before this workshop! *points below*


So very me... BUT I see this as a modified strain of gene that resonates with the need to be aggressive in order to survive! No no no.. this is not crap.. LISTEN to more. I forgot that the society is evolving too; the population probably uses different 'tools' and tactics these days... even humility and vulnerability could be seen as strengths, thence what's listening? The modern strategy to get things done, the new way to be nice yet scheming at the same time, the easy way to gain trust.. haha.

OK, no more skeptism after the full-stop.

7 habits, I am coming!

posted by slingwoof @ 8/04/2006 12:24:00 AM