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Organize IT Recap 29th Feb 2008 [Organize IT]
Organize IT recap for 29th February 2008
It’s interview central at the moment. Firstly Zen Habits has an exclusive interview with Stephen Covey of 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People fame. Next Web Worker Daily has an equally impressive thee part discussion with David Allen, who you will no doubt know as the man behind Getting [...]
Covey’s habit 5: Seek first to understand and then to be understood [How to be an Original]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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“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]
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“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 [...]