seven habits

[melia]

I picked it up for the second time this month (first put it down 7 years ago). It seems to make more sense to me now. That's probably because I'm searching for some guidance and that's put my head in a suitable state to accept the contents.

 

Anyone here follow it through? Did you get round to making a mission statement?

[Tosh]

Did you know, that having made a fortune out of that book, made bazillions out of the speaking circuit etc, the ever so effective Mr Covey realised he'd forgotten something....cue.....

 

[cymrococh]

Is his mission statement "I will endeavour every day to rip-off people with some trite nonsense more effectively than I did the day before."?

[Stevie H]

"seek first to understand then to be understood" wasn't it?

 

f***ing common sense wrapped up in management consultancy bullsh*t.

[Tosh]

"seek first to understand then to be understood" wasn't it?

 

f***ing common sense wrapped up in management consultancy bullsh*t.

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Steady, melia is on the edge of a big step forwards....

[melia]

yeah, but sometimes common sense is recognised but not acted upon. I've lost count of the times that I've acted like a t*** and only realised later.

 

What I'm getting out of the book now is the conscious effort involved in considering consequences before acting. I have a history of being very reactive. I was brought up that way and Liverpool (in general) seems to breed people of that nature.

 

Is it management consultancy bulls***? Maybe to you, but to me, it's a lesson that I should have learned a while back.

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Steady, melia is on the edge of a big step forwards....

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Fecker.

[matty]

"seek first to understand then to be understood" wasn't it?

 

f***ing common sense wrapped up in management consultancy bullsh*t.

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Was St Francis of Assisi a management consultant?