7 HABITS AND A JOKE.

Steven Covey's "Seven Habits,"
Steven Covey believes, as we do, that success in life comes from clarifying your goals and then developing habits that will help you reach them. The guidelines he laid out in his best-selling 1989 book ‘The Seven habits Of Highly Effective People’ still hold true today:

1. BE PROACTIVE. Control your environment, rather than having it control you.

2. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. Covey calls this "the habit of personal leadership" -- leading yourself toward your goals.

3. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST ("the habit of personal management") -- organizing and implementing your activities in line with your objectives.

4. THINK "WIN/WIN" INSTEAD OF "WIN-OR-LOSE" ("the habit of interpersonal leadership") -- because personal achievements are largely dependent on cooperative efforts.

5. SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD -- a habit that is based on the power of communication.

6. SYNERGIZE by exercising the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts ("the habit of creative cooperation"). This habit implicitly lays down the challenge to see the good and potential in the other person's contribution.

7. SHARPEN THE SAW ("the habit of self-renewal"). This habit supports all the other habits and helps you stay physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually fit.



Having been at school just a couple of weeks, a freshman recently called home, completely distraught: "Dad, you gave me some terrible financial advice!"



"Bad advice? Me? What are you talking about?" asked the confused father.



"You told me to put my money in that big bank down here, and now that bank is in big trouble."



Dad frowned. "What ARE you talking about?" he repeated. "That's one of the largest, most stable banks in the country. "There must be some mistake."



"I don't think so, Dad," the freshman groaned. "They just returned one of my checks with a note that says, 'Insufficient Funds'."





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- Janmo!