In the first blog series about Stephen Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I discussed habit one, Be Proactive. Habit two is about evaluating your values, what is important to you and what you want to achieve as you visualize yourself living the life you want and meeting your goals. According to... Continue Reading →
Over the weekend, I had a conversation with someone about the difficulty behind saying “no.” To my comfort, I know I am not the only one facing this constant battle between standing up for myself or complying with others’ opinions. I realized there are times where we lose sight of our own goals and accomplishments... Continue Reading →
Cutting down a tree with a dull saw isn’t efficient. The author opens this chapter with a metaphor of someone sawing for hours with a dull saw, and when asked why he doesn’t sharpen it, he answers that he doesn’t have enough time, when in fact he would have more time if he stopped and... Continue Reading →
Revisiting an earlier habit, thinking Win/Win is a very important skill. Thinking of a solution in which all involved parties can get exactly what they want is a marvelous feat and is a rewarding experience to work through. You get a fitting and appropriate solution for the problem you entered with. Covey decides to push... Continue Reading →
It’s human nature to think that we have the right answers, that our actions are clearly the best ones. But that’s just the thing: everyone thinks that way. Everyone thinks and acts based on the knowledge that they’ve collected through their lived experiences, and sometimes that doesn’t line up with the knowledge that someone else... Continue Reading →
In the last habit we focused on planning out our actions, and only briefly touched on actually doing them. We talked about doing things that we have the ability to do, sometimes even that is overwhelming because we have the ability to do so many things. How are we supposed to know what to do... Continue Reading →
In order to become an effective person, we have to take note of what areas we want to be effective in. Even though Covey provided us with a general definition of effectivity, it can differ from person to person. If someone is financially driven, they’re going to have a very different route to effectiveness than... Continue Reading →
In Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he begins by ensuring the reader that, after reading the book, they will know how to become “highly effective.” Before diving into the content of each of the 7 habits, Covey has some definitions to make clear. First, Covey needs to define the first noun... Continue Reading →
Teaching our children to stand up for themselves can be difficult. As parents, we want to protect our kids and shield them from hurt and harm. However, learning resiliency and self-advocacy is a skill they will take into adulthood. We will not always be with them to protect them, and giving them skills to employ... Continue Reading →
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