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Jeep CJ-7 as a father son project. The CJ-7 is the grandfather of the ever so popular Jeep Wrangler and was the ideal choice for the avid four wheel drive enthusiasts. Me and my dad thought a CJ-7 would could potentially become a remarkable vehicle to build so we created a set budget and ideal image for the kind of Jeep we wanted. Our most desirable Jeep would ideally be an economical vehicle that was capable off road, without losing the classic look that CJ-7's withhold. The 1982 CJ-7 we…

Throughout Mark Shea’s 5 Myths about 7 Books, he discusses five suspicions held by Protestants as to why the “Apocryphal” books should be included within the Church’s Bible. To preface, this stance will be of dynamic inspiration, which claims that God adapts himself to the original audience of the text, allowing human writers to write according to their own experiences. Though this article there appears to be a hindsight bias as to the position of the deuterocanonical books and although Shea…

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,…

7 mistakes in using omni-channel approach Our last coffee break at InfoOwl finished with new article where we try to explain why it’s so important to use omni-channel approach to satisfy your customer. Omni-channel (make it clickable for article about omni-channel) is coming after multi-channel communication, both of them are created to develop customer’s service and make clients more happy and satisfied. But why do omni-channel approach nowadays become more important than multichannel?…

7 Reasons Why Gifting Makes Us Feel Good Forget what you know about money not buying happiness as long as it is spent in the right places. In this article you will find out that not only you can make others happy whenever you give them gifts but even yourself. 1. Gifting makes us happier as it's responsible for endorphin production. Numerous research have proven that the act of giving makes us happier than receiving. Harvard professor Michael Norton discovered that regardless of income, the…

Gurney Leadership Biography: Stephen R. Covey In order to better synthesize and integrate the concepts I have learned in my Principles of Leadership class, I have chosen to read three biographies about Stephen R. Covey and his most popular book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I would like to share what I have learned about Stephen R. Covey’s (a) life, (b) accomplishments, (c) most popular book, and (d) effect on me personally. LIFE Stephen Covey has always exhibited leadership…

This week we were assigned to read portions of the book titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey. I saw this week’s reading as a sort of introduction to the actual list of habits that Covey is going to share with us later in the book. I identified four main points that Mr. Cover talked about. The first one is the “Pygmalion Effect” (Covey, 1989, 2004). Covey then talked about Character Ethic and Personality Ethic. Then he discussed paradigm shifts. I…

The matter of truth and perception are two concepts in which the definition changes depending on the individual. In the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the author Stephen R. Covey speaks of an experience at the Harvard business School where and instructor demonstrated how two people can have a different outlook, yet both be right. Two variations of the same picture were given to two sides of the classroom and asked what was seen, both sides had different answers. The students…

Claim: The men undergo many pressures but the biggest pressure is the pressures of food and water Evidence with reasoning: The crew has now been going on without much food and almost no fresh water. The reason this is the biggest pressure is because without food and water you can not survive and also that starving or dying of dehydration is a pretty awful way to go. The reaction from the crew when they find water just says how thirsty they were, "The men had in fact, found a spring bubbling up…

The book I will be reviewing is called The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. The beginning of the book starts by talking about people and how they may have great success in their lives but there is a underlying struggle with nurturing relationships with others. It goes into how we each have our own way of seeing things and when others often don't see or agree with the things we say that we get defensive and think that there has to be something wrong with that person to…