Archives for the '7 habits' Category
Do You Have PMS? [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
Kate wrote an interesting post last week about personal mission statements [PMS,eh?] at Blog to Discovery, which has generated quite a comment thread.
My last comment was:
I like mission statements, (habit #2, BTW) and I believe that writing a personal mission statement is just as important as writing a corporate version.
“It can get hard to remember [...]
7 Weeks, 7 Habits - Week Two - Begin with the End in Mind [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
Welcome to part two of the series on how to implement the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a Getting Things Done-style system. Because this is a fairly intensive plan to implement, I am writing a set of seven posts that will guide you through the stages of implementation over seven weeks. This will [...]
Week One, Habit One - Be Proactive [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
On Monday this week we discussed how to incorporate the Habit of Being Proactive in your daily life. Now it is Saturday and time for a review.
For those of you who may not have read Stephen Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, here is a brief synopsis of the first habit: [...]
7 Weeks, 7 Habits, A Better You [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
I have received several e-mails recently from readers looking to get more information on how to implement the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in a Getting Things Done-style system.
Because this is not exactly a simple concept to implement, I have created a set of seven posts that will guide you through the stages of [...]
Covey’s habit 5: Seek first to understand and then to be understood [How to be an Original]
This post is part of
habits
Tuesdays.
People understand me so poorly that they even don’t understand my complaint about them not understanding me. - Soren Kierkegaard
People
want to be understood. You want to be understood, don’t you? You know
how frustrating it can be when people don’t understand you, no matter
how hard you try, over and over [...]
Covey’s habit 4: Think Win-Win [How to be an Original]
This post is part of habits Tuesdays.
The
first three habits are part of what Covey calls the Private Victory.
They are about you, about reaching a state of independence. The next
three habits are part of the Public Victory, which brings your from
independence to interdependence. The Private Victory alone brings forth individual producers, the Public Victory creates leaders [...]
Covey’s habit 3: Put first things first [How to be an Original]
This post is part of habits Tuesdays.
Habit 1 said that you are in charge, with habit 2 is the first creation
(in the mind). Habit 3 is the second creation, in reality. Habit 3 is
where you do stuff. Habit 3 to me is the Getting Things Done habit.
Put First Things First sounds very logical, yet we [...]
Covey’s Habits: 2. Begin with the end in mind [How to be an Original]
This post is part of habits Tuesdays.
“Cheshire Puss,” Alice began,“would you please tell me which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends on where you want to get to.” said the cat.- Lewis Caroll in Alice in Wonderland
Habit 1 was about understanding that YOU are in control. Habit 2 is the goal-setting habit. This [...]
Covey’s Habits: 1. Be proactive [How to be an Original]
This post is part of habits tuesdays.
“Everyone talks of apathy, but no one does anything about it.” -Anonymous
Being proactive may be the single most important habit change that you’ll ever achieve. By being proactive you take control, you choose what you life is about. Life is not “happening” to you anymore.
When I was in [...]
Series on Covey’s 7 habits of highly effective people [How to be an Original]
This is the announcement of the start of a series of posts on Stephen Covey’s seven habits of highly effective people. It will consist of 7 posts (geez I wonder how he got to that number).
I learned about Covey’s habits for the first time in 2000 when I worked as a management trainee for Ormit [...]