...Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey, Simon & Schuster, 1989, ISBN 0-67170863-5 1 The Seven Habits From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989 1. 2. BE PROACTIVE: Between stimulus and response in human beings lies the power to choose. Productivity, then, means that we are solely responsible for what happens in our lives. No fair blaming anyone or anything else. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND: Imagine your funeral and listen to what you would like the eulogist to say about you. This should reveal exactly what matters most to you in your life. Use this frame of reference to make all your day-to-day decisions so that you are working toward your most meaningful 2 life goals. The Seven Habits From “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic” by Stephen R. Covey, Simon and Schuster, 1989 3. 4. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST. To manage our lives effectively, we must keep our mission in mind, understand what’s important as well as urgent, and maintain a balance between what we produce each day and our ability to produce in the future. Think of the former as putting out fires and the latter as personal development. THINK WIN/WIN. Agreements or solutions among people can be mutually beneficial if all parties cooperate and begin with a belief in the “third alternative”: a better way that hasn’t been thought of 3 yet. The Seven Habits From...
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...HANDY-DANDY GUIDE TO WRITING A REACTION PAPER If you were to ask 10 people, "How do I write a Reaction Paper?" you'd probably get 10 different responses. No one seems to know exactly how to do one, yet almost everyone is assigned one at some point in his or her academic career. Here is a guide to what faculty are usually "looking for" in a well-written reaction paper. Remember, however, that every faculty member is different: some will want you to spend more time "analyzing" or "evaluating" the piece, others on giving your personal reactions to it. The best rule of thumb is to ask your faculty member for clarification. You might even consider giving him or her this guideline and asking him or her to revise it to reflect his or her expectations. I. SUMMARY/SYNOPSIS – What are you reacting to? GOAL: Show that you understand the thesis, main ideas, and supporting ideas in the piece you're writing about. Identify all of the "basic information: about the book that you can, including: • the author of the piece, the title of the piece, the title of the book or journal from which it was taken (if relevant), the publisher, and the year of publication; • the topic or subject of the piece—for example, "The Triangle Shirt-Waist Fire" or "Revitalization efforts underway in Roxbury's Codman Square." In other words, tell what the piece is about in a word or a phrase; • the author's purpose or motive for writing the piece—for example, "to expose the dangerous conditions factory workers...
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...Sarah E. Al-Falahy BSA-2B MWF 7:40-8:40am “Your life doesn’t just ‘happen.’ Whether you know it or not, it is carefully designed by you. The choices, after all, are yours. You choose happiness. You choose sadness. You choose decisiveness. You choose ambivalence. You choose success. You choose failure. You choose courage. You choose fear. Just remember that every moment, every situation, provides a new choice. And in doing so, it gives you a perfect opportunity to do things differently to produce more positive results.”—Stephen Covey Life is full of wonders and complexities. Every day we live adds twist and color to our existence. In the lyrics of Francis Magalona’s song entitled Kaleidoscope World, “Every color, every hue, is represented by me and you…” which somewhat relates to why people uniquely responds to certain circumstances. Though unique, I believe that there are ways that may actually work and be effective for all. One of those ways is contained in what my Management teacher assigned us to read, Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” The book is really about knowing and nurturing the fundamental truths in your life and making them accessible to you at all times to the point where it’s easy to draw solutions to problems from them, making you a much more effective person in all aspects of life. Habit 1: Be Proactive (Principles of Personal Vision) There’s a lot of things that are happening everyday and minority of it concerns us. Based on...
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...The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a popular book, published by Simon & Schuster, and written by Stephen R Covey. It provides a useful, sequential framework for understanding much about the process of Personal Development. Many highly successful people seem to have naturally developed these principles of effectiveness. Stephen Covey's principled approach is not a quick-fix prescription for personal growth. But, says Covey, if you work hard at acquiring these principles, if you learn them well, think about them deeply and teach them to others, they will eventually become internalized. They will lead to fundamental change because they will affect who you are - your character - for the better. Your personality was formed as the result of specific behaviors you internalized as you grew up. These behaviors are not things we need to think about, they represent little success strategies or ways of coping with life that we have found to be helpful. If you take a look at what Seneca said about human character, you will see how acquiring new habits leads to a fundamental change of character. Sow a thought, reap an action Sow action, reap a habit Sow a habit, reap a character Sow a character, reap a destiny. - Seneca [pic] Stephen Covey Stephen Covey was born in 1932. He lives with his wife, Sandra, and their family in Utah; in the Rocky Mountains. Covey achieved international acclaim, and is perhaps best known, for his self-help...
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...Dane Thorman MGT 461 Summer 2015 LEARNING JOURNAL 1 ACQUIRE I have chosen to apply Stephen R. Covey's Habit One "Be Proactive" from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." I guess one could say I'm normally a very reactive person, but one who usually has somewhat of a plan as to how I intend on reaching said reaction. Proactivity means that "as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives..our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions..we have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen." (Covey, p. 78) INTERPRET The way that I have interpreted the way this concept is relevant to and connects with my personal and work situation was actually as to how I was approaching this semester at Walsh College. In the past, I have always been the type of student who would get the good grades but, for whatever reason, would always allow myself to wait until the very last minute to accomplish the task in question (a professional procrastinator, one might say), yet probably because of it I was exhausted at the end of it. I really had a "light-bulb" (some might call it an "a-ha") moment while reading Habit One in Covey's text. It really struck me that, given I am nearly the end of my undergraduate learning, that this is something I really need to change for going forward. This light-blub moment came when, ironically, Covey was breaking down the word "responsibility." Not in the literal sense, but in the phonetic sense, breaking it down between...
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...MG401: Senior Seminar in Management XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Homework: Week 3 1/29/13 Position Paper on Stephen Covey’s, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Introduction In 1989, Stephen Covey's 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. Counter Argument Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group (support group) betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological...
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...lives of the people. And one of the highly influential media is advertising- a paid message that appears in the mass media for the purpose of informing or persuading people about particular products, services, beliefs, or actions. You see ads every day, mostly in the middle of a TV show, A Television Commercial, and it's easy to say "they're just ads" because, at worst, they feel like a nuisance or interruption. A lot of people have difficulty accepting the idea that ads are manipulative because we want to believe we're in complete control of our choices. Advertising exists because there's a product a company wants to sell and they want people to know about it so they can buy it. This much is obvious. There are all kinds of ads, but in general they all aim to keep you from thinking and, instead, make your buying choices based on an emotional response. Basically, if you're not prepared to think—and you often are not when you're watching television or reading a magazine—you'll pretty much accept any suggestion if it is offered to you. Since you're being so passive, you may not even realize its happening. Product advertisements such as beauty products, food and clothing pay a great deal of influence in Filipino viewers, especially young people. The consumer preference id often based what they see on T.V. as portrayed by various stunning, and often times ideal, commercial models. It is noticeable that people, especially young people/students, has...
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...to be a Cognitive Behavior Therapy. REBT assumes that people contribute to their own psychological problems by the way that they interpret events and that our emotions stem mainly from our beliefs, evaluations, interpretations, and reactions. REBT assumes that thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact significantly and have a reciprocal cause-and-effect relationship and that people are born with a potential for both rational and...
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...potentials, job satisfaction, motivation, leadership abilities, among others. It also promotes an understanding of people and organizational dynamics which would enable the students to adapt and adjust better in the workplace. Additional topics like ethics, performance and commitment, and becoming a better employee would impress on students the ways by which they could become valuable assets to the organization. Different activities which include case studies and reaction papers bring to life the theories and concepts, while honing the students’ analytical, critical and decision-making skills. V. Objectives of the Course: At the end of the course, the business student should be able to: A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cognitive discuss the key concepts of the course. describe the different theories learned. explain the structure and design of organizations. expound on organizational processes and dynamics. describe the role of culture, groups and leaders in promoting and sustaining the quality of employee performance. 6. Discuss the implications of personality, individual differences, values, attitudes, teamwork, ethics, trust and commitment, among others, to the motivations and performance of employees. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Affective appreciate the value of maintaining good human relations. imbibe desirable work attitudes and values. show improved tolerance of difficult situations and people. manifest a deeper understanding of one’s own and other people’s motivations. gain a better understanding of...
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...College requires multiple skills to be combined in order to reach the best possible outcome. Three of the top skills a student must possess in order to secure success include being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, and sharpening the saw. Initially the student must choose to be a reactive or proactive person. The main difference is what they make decisions based off of. For example, Sean Covey writes,”Reactive people make choices based on impulse” (49), and “Proactive people make choices based on values” (49). Reactive people are like a gas tank, they explode once the heat is turned up. On the other hand, proactive people can control their reaction. Those that are proactive are like an air conditioner; they keep their cool no matter how high the temperature may...
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...the MBA Degree Course: MGMT 5800 Effective Leadership Dr. Ron A. DiBattista Maheshwari Vansadia January 7, 2013 Summary In today's continuously changing environment organizations are subject to multiple changes that can be related to the organization's strategy, its structure, the employed technology and even more its employees (Desler 2007). Traditionally, managers and individuals with relatively higher positions in the organization are the ones who initiate change. They perceive it as being an opportunity to better serve the organization interest, enforces its mission and enable gaining competitive advantage over its competitors. However not all changes are successful. Managers with a traditional approach to change usually link change failure to “change recipients” resistance to that particular change (Ford, Ford & D'Amelio 2008). As defined in the online Oxford Dictionary « resistance is the refusal to accept or comply with something ».Thus, resisting to change implies stopping this change and preventing the organization from a forward progress. Change implies moving from known to unknown. The fear from losing its benefits, position, status is the main reason beyond resistance to it. Individuals would only accept and comply with an initiated change if it has a positive effect on them. Otherwise, a strong resistance might develop (Agboola & Salawu 2011). Individuals develop a certain habit of doing things. Change is seen as...
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...cities, businesses, and economies. The collapse of major financial companies starting with Bear Stearns, the stunningly botched reaction to Katrina, the inept federal response to tips about Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, and the financial sleight of hand that brought down Enron are only the latest examples of leadership failure. "We keep making the same stupid mistakes, generation after generation," says William Baker, who holds a doctorate in industrial psychology and is the journalist in residence at Fordham University. Many of the most stunning leadership disasters have common ingredients, such as executives who lack integrity and build organizational cultures where dissent isn't heard. "Leadership is not position. It's moral authority. Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect," says Stephen Covey, author of several bestselling books on leadership and self-improvement, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Baker, author of Leading With Kindness, agrees that massive failures often can be traced back to leaders who don't listen. The financial meltdown, which started with risky financial deals and ended with millions of everyday people losing jobs or homes, was an example. "When the Mercedes was coming right up to the cliff, there were plenty of people who knew. They were either afraid...
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...CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Setting Today’s generation is growing up too fast because of the modern technology which people are enjoying and at the same time helpful in their everyday lives. The fact that most of the children today tend to choose staying at home playing computer games or any other gadgets instead of playing outside, making friends with other children and exercise their mind and body which is very helpful to their health. One of the main reasons why students are attracted to computers is because of computer games. Modern technology is now very accessible to people especially students, they can easily go to computer shops near the school to play and most of them spend the whole time with it and forgot their responsibilities as a student which is one of the disadvantages of playing video games. There are also good things that a student can benefit in playing computer games because there is also other types of video games that are educational which can help them enlighten their minds, discover new knowledge,improve their thinking skills, stuffs that they think it never existed and experience new things that they have never encountered in their entire life. Educational computer games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but only depends on how they play. Some students get hooked on to playing computer games so much so that they tend to lose interest in other more important...
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...Communication skill: As a doctor, I deal with different kinds of people with diverse backgrounds and expectations. I acquire the techniques helping me have more effective and trouble-free communication. | Self-study:This good habit helps me constantly update my knowledge, find effectively relevant info to solve my issues. | Internet surfing: I am quite “addicted” to the Internet but in fact, it not only broadens my knowledge but also engages me in positive social relationships, helps me develop a curious and skeptical attitude, and open my mind to changes. | Time management:Repeated high workload at hospital enables me to manage my time more efficiently to finish my tasks. I often prioritize tasks in order not to miss important jobs. | Research skill:As I did several research work at university, I have research skills including critical thinking, literature review, perform experiments and data analysis. | Music listening:By listening to different types of music over the years, I become more sensitive to others ‘emotions and able to anticipate expectations and reactions of people in normal life. | Planning skill:I usually make a plan before starting a project. I like thinking over all aspects of the task and make a good preparation in order to heighten the chance of success. | Leadership skill:I used to lead a group of junior medical residents during my clinical rotations, so I know how to get different people concerted in common jobs while still respecting their own personalities...
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...Efficacy-Mediated Processes Adaptive Benefits of Optimistic Self-Beliefs of Efficacy Development and E xercise of Self-Efficacy Over the Lifespan Glossary Affective Processes: Processes regulating emotional states and elicitation of emotional reactions. Cognitive Processes: Thinking processes involved in the acquisition, organization and use of information. Motivation: Activation to action. Level of motivation is reflected in choice of courses of action, and in the intensity and persistence of effort. Perceived Self-Efficacy: People's beliefs about their capabilities to produce effects. Self-Regulation: Exercise of influence over one's own motivation, thought processes, emotional states and patterns of behavior. Perceived self-efficacy is defined as people's beliefs about their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives. Selfefficacy beliefs determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave. Such beliefs produce these diverse effects through four major processes. They include cognitive, motivational, affective and selection processes. A strong sense of efficacy enhances human accomplishment and personal well-being in many ways. People with high assurance in their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather than as threats to be avoided. Such an efficacious outlook fosters intrinsic interest and deep engrossment in activities. They set themselves...
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