As the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” continues, we enter Habit 3 and Habit 4; working up the ladder to being interdependent. Habit 3 is titled “Put first things first”. To many this sounds very self-explanatory. However, one may not have the knowledge in order to figure out how to do this. Effective management is putting first things first. It is important to note that while leadership decides what “first things” are, it is management that puts them day-by-day, moment-by-moment. To reflect briefly, Habit 1 says, “You’re the creator. You are in charge.” Which is based on four human endowments being, imagination, conscience, independent will, and self-awareness. Habit 2 is the first or mental creation. It is based on imagination-
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Which option is the best? It mainly comes down to “it depends”. I.e.: In baseball if you win, that means the other team loses. Covey explains that the best option to create however, is win/win situations. When aiming for win/win we must take into consideration two factors: Courage and consideration. In order to achieve win/win we must keep our focus on results instead of methods and instead of on people, on the problems. It is important to note that in the nature of win/win, it cannot survive in an environment of competition. Lastly it is important to think win/win is the habit of interpersonal leadership. The more our character is genuine, the higher our level of proactivity and the better our influence will …show more content…
Abundance Mentality- Unquestioning that there is plenty for everyone.
Maturity- Communicating your thoughts, feelings and ideas with bravery and thoughtfulness for the thoughts and feelings of others. It is interesting to me that thinking with the goal of win/win in mind is a balancing act between consideration and bravery, also that you need to be both empathetic, but confident! It is a frame of mind, as well as heart that constantly pursues shared benefit in human interactions. Agreements and solutions are also mutually beneficial and satisfying. Without trying- realizing even, this has seemed to be my main approach in handling conflicts in my personal life for as long as I can remember. I’m very empathetic by nature, but I have never thought about the courage side of things that it involves. It leaves a nice taste of empowerment in your mouth when you see things from that perspective. The other part that made the wheels turn so to speak, was the part when Covey states, “A quadrant II organizer will need to meet six important criteria.” (p.169) and goes on to list the 6 being: Coherence, Balance, Quadrant II focus, A “people” dimension, Flexibility, and
Which option is the best? It mainly comes down to “it depends”. I.e.: In baseball if you win, that means the other team loses. Covey explains that the best option to create however, is win/win situations. When aiming for win/win we must take into consideration two factors: Courage and consideration. In order to achieve win/win we must keep our focus on results instead of methods and instead of on people, on the problems. It is important to note that in the nature of win/win, it cannot survive in an environment of competition. Lastly it is important to think win/win is the habit of interpersonal leadership. The more our character is genuine, the higher our level of proactivity and the better our influence will …show more content…
Abundance Mentality- Unquestioning that there is plenty for everyone.
Maturity- Communicating your thoughts, feelings and ideas with bravery and thoughtfulness for the thoughts and feelings of others. It is interesting to me that thinking with the goal of win/win in mind is a balancing act between consideration and bravery, also that you need to be both empathetic, but confident! It is a frame of mind, as well as heart that constantly pursues shared benefit in human interactions. Agreements and solutions are also mutually beneficial and satisfying. Without trying- realizing even, this has seemed to be my main approach in handling conflicts in my personal life for as long as I can remember. I’m very empathetic by nature, but I have never thought about the courage side of things that it involves. It leaves a nice taste of empowerment in your mouth when you see things from that perspective. The other part that made the wheels turn so to speak, was the part when Covey states, “A quadrant II organizer will need to meet six important criteria.” (p.169) and goes on to list the 6 being: Coherence, Balance, Quadrant II focus, A “people” dimension, Flexibility, and