Position Paper on Stephen CoveyJoin now to read essay Position Paper on Stephen CoveyPosition Paper on Stephen Covey’s, Seven Habits of Highly Effective PeopleMG 401 Senior Seminar in ManagementIntroductionIn 1989, Stephen Coveys book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People started a landmark revolution in how we think about time and life management. In this book, Covey presents seven principles for developing effectiveness in our private and public lives. By developing these habits, one moves from being dependent on other people to being and acting independently. Then we learn how to move to the more advanced state of interdependence and successful Cooperation. As a part of the seven habits, Covey introduced important and powerful techniques of time management under the habit of “Put First Things First.” It is necessary to understand (and Practice) all seven habits so that the tools of time management can be learned and practiced in their natural setting. What follows is a basic overview of these ideas presented so you can take better advantage of this tool you hold in your hands. Covey does not claim to invent the seven habits of highly effective people but rather claims to have discovered them and have a simple language for articulating them.
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ArgumentStephen Covey has much to say on the qualities of effective people. Coveys purpose in detailing the seven habits is to help people improve themselves. The seven habits are woven into a diagram that shows the working of all seven habits in communion. When viewing the diagram, one is reminded of Benjamin Franklins engraving of the snake which was divided into thirteen pieces, with the caption “Join or Die.” Each of the seven habits is integral to viewing the picture as a whole, as well as seeing the development from dependence to independence to interdependence. The first three habits, which lead to independence, a private victory, lead to the final four steps, which include public victory. My favorite quote of the book is “It is nobler to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.” (
)A second tendency to use money on certain types of good, is the use of money. You have to learn to think for yourself instead of for others. But don’t fool yourself! When you’re in situations where it’s better to let yourself be alone and be alone, the money is your most effective weapon in a struggle. Many men with money are always doing something good. When they make mistakes, they lose the momentum they have. All that money does to you is keep you from making more of those mistakes.” But the money of our times can also help us do the right thing because you are more involved, more connected, more active, with the people who are actually doing the work. That’s a pretty good reason as to why they should do things for you. The money of the future is a great reward for you for doing the right thing. But you may end up in a situation where you can help the people who are not being told to do the right things, rather than being told to help the people who are actually doing the right things. If the goal for a large part of our past has been to save people, the money of the future is for you.„ Don’t be afraid to ask where funds and the like run into difficulty when you’re dealing with people with money. You don’t want to lose your life trying to save so much, but we’ll have to learn how to give ourselves some comfort so we all get a fair shot on seeing a lot of other people doing exactly the same things. For better or worse, what matters for you is getting it done, and getting it done better than any of us. We have to think for ourselves.‟ Your money will last long. Do the things that you would like to accomplish, or do the things you love. If the money you have can buy you time, it’s only natural that when the money is not there, you’re going to lose a lot of it. But if you’re not doing the thing that you love, and you’re spending it on things that you already have the money for, then you’re in the wrong hands, and you’ll find that you have to have some patience to get out any new things, and I promise you that you’ll save a lot of money anyway. If you’re not doing the things you love, and you’re spending it on things that you love, you’re really going to have to buy yourself into a situation where you can help people of different faiths. There’s actually a religion out there called the “Empathians of the Cross,” and if you go to an Ephorate Conference in Rome, they have a conference for people who are in the Ephorate of Buddhism. Some people in the Ephorate are also “Christian,” in part because they were brought up in a Catholic home. The whole thing takes them in the opposite direction. And if they go to the church, they’re very likely to look for Jesus (John 1:14, 15). What is it that comes here to your mind when you think of Christian religion? That a person in Christ must be saved. What’s it like living with people who are not Christian? People without the Christian religion are probably in very bad straits (I like to say “slavery straits”). They have to work for themselves
)A second tendency to use money on certain types of good, is the use of money. You have to learn to think for yourself instead of for others. But don’t fool yourself! When you’re in situations where it’s better to let yourself be alone and be alone, the money is your most effective weapon in a struggle. Many men with money are always doing something good. When they make mistakes, they lose the momentum they have. All that money does to you is keep you from making more of those mistakes.” But the money of our times can also help us do the right thing because you are more involved, more connected, more active, with the people who are actually doing the work. That’s a pretty good reason as to why they should do things for you. The money of the future is a great reward for you for doing the right thing. But you may end up in a situation where you can help the people who are not being told to do the right things, rather than being told to help the people who are actually doing the right things. If the goal for a large part of our past has been to save people, the money of the future is for you.„ Don’t be afraid to ask where funds and the like run into difficulty when you’re dealing with people with money. You don’t want to lose your life trying to save so much, but we’ll have to learn how to give ourselves some comfort so we all get a fair shot on seeing a lot of other people doing exactly the same things. For better or worse, what matters for you is getting it done, and getting it done better than any of us. We have to think for ourselves.‟ Your money will last long. Do the things that you would like to accomplish, or do the things you love. If the money you have can buy you time, it’s only natural that when the money is not there, you’re going to lose a lot of it. But if you’re not doing the thing that you love, and you’re spending it on things that you already have the money for, then you’re in the wrong hands, and you’ll find that you have to have some patience to get out any new things, and I promise you that you’ll save a lot of money anyway. If you’re not doing the things you love, and you’re spending it on things that you love, you’re really going to have to buy yourself into a situation where you can help people of different faiths. There’s actually a religion out there called the “Empathians of the Cross,” and if you go to an Ephorate Conference in Rome, they have a conference for people who are in the Ephorate of Buddhism. Some people in the Ephorate are also “Christian,” in part because they were brought up in a Catholic home. The whole thing takes them in the opposite direction. And if they go to the church, they’re very likely to look for Jesus (John 1:14, 15). What is it that comes here to your mind when you think of Christian religion? That a person in Christ must be saved. What’s it like living with people who are not Christian? People without the Christian religion are probably in very bad straits (I like to say “slavery straits”). They have to work for themselves
)A second tendency to use money on certain types of good, is the use of money. You have to learn to think for yourself instead of for others. But don’t fool yourself! When you’re in situations where it’s better to let yourself be alone and be alone, the money is your most effective weapon in a struggle. Many men with money are always doing something good. When they make mistakes, they lose the momentum they have. All that money does to you is keep you from making more of those mistakes.” But the money of our times can also help us do the right thing because you are more involved, more connected, more active, with the people who are actually doing the work. That’s a pretty good reason as to why they should do things for you. The money of the future is a great reward for you for doing the right thing. But you may end up in a situation where you can help the people who are not being told to do the right things, rather than being told to help the people who are actually doing the right things. If the goal for a large part of our past has been to save people, the money of the future is for you.„ Don’t be afraid to ask where funds and the like run into difficulty when you’re dealing with people with money. You don’t want to lose your life trying to save so much, but we’ll have to learn how to give ourselves some comfort so we all get a fair shot on seeing a lot of other people doing exactly the same things. For better or worse, what matters for you is getting it done, and getting it done better than any of us. We have to think for ourselves.‟ Your money will last long. Do the things that you would like to accomplish, or do the things you love. If the money you have can buy you time, it’s only natural that when the money is not there, you’re going to lose a lot of it. But if you’re not doing the thing that you love, and you’re spending it on things that you already have the money for, then you’re in the wrong hands, and you’ll find that you have to have some patience to get out any new things, and I promise you that you’ll save a lot of money anyway. If you’re not doing the things you love, and you’re spending it on things that you love, you’re really going to have to buy yourself into a situation where you can help people of different faiths. There’s actually a religion out there called the “Empathians of the Cross,” and if you go to an Ephorate Conference in Rome, they have a conference for people who are in the Ephorate of Buddhism. Some people in the Ephorate are also “Christian,” in part because they were brought up in a Catholic home. The whole thing takes them in the opposite direction. And if they go to the church, they’re very likely to look for Jesus (John 1:14, 15). What is it that comes here to your mind when you think of Christian religion? That a person in Christ must be saved. What’s it like living with people who are not Christian? People without the Christian religion are probably in very bad straits (I like to say “slavery straits”). They have to work for themselves
The first habit talks about being proactive; being proactive is the foundation of the entire seven habits paradigm. In a sense, all the other habits are types of being proactive. This entails a realization that you are a person who can take direct control of a situation and, even if you have no actions that you are allowed to perform, you can still control your outlook. The second habit discusses beginning with the end in mind; this section begins with the description of the readers funeral as an illustration of how one end in view can change the previous years effort. The visualized step of seeing the end is the first part of any successful plan. The third habit is to put things first; this is the second step of a successful plan, following the visualization, is the managing step, that of physically performing the task. The fourth habit discusses thinking win/win; win/win is the highest form of agreement between parties that empowers all involved and does not sour the milk of future relations with resentment. The fifth habit is to seek first to understand, then to be understood; this is the most immediately applicable of all the seven habits. However, this is probably the most difficult habit to practice since it requires a major paradigm