Tag Archives | Stephen Covey

Creativity

One of the things I resolve to do in 2010 is to devote sub­stan­tial amounts of inten­tional effort towards the devel­op­ment of my cre­ativ­ity. I view cre­ativ­ity as a per­sonal strength, and I think it makes sense to spend con­sid­er­able time enhanc­ing this asset.  Inspired by my friend Artie Isaac, I am going to engage […]

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Synergize

Habit 6: Syn­er­gize Syn­ergy is where all of the pre­vi­ous habits come together.  It is the pay­off.  To quote Stephen Covey “Syn­ergy is the high­est activ­ity in all of life.”  “The essence of syn­ergy is to value the dif­fer­ences.”  By doing so, the human gift of cre­ativ­ity can be lev­ered to pro­duce new and exciting […]

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Seek First to Understand

Habit 5: Seek First to Under­stand, Then to be Under­stood Habit 5, Seek First to Under­stand, Then to be Under­stood, is a con­tin­u­a­tion of Habit 4, Think Win/Win.  It is the idea that to truly think win/win, one must start with lis­ten­ing.  Thus the idea that one should seek first to under­stand, then to be […]

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media — Think Win/Win

Habit 4: Think Win/Win Think Win/Win is the first of 3 out­wardly focused habit Covey presents in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effec­tive Peo­ple.  These are known as habits of inter­de­pen­dence.  These habits are designed to build last­ing and mean­ing­ful rela­tion­ships with other peo­ple — rela­tion­ships that are mutu­ally ben­e­fi­cial, based on principles, […]

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media — First Things First

Habit 3: First Things First This habit is a crit­i­cal one, and one that gets a lot of atten­tion.  Before we delve into First Things First, let’s take a step back to place this habit in the proper con­text. Covey’s first three habits are described as habits of inde­pen­dence.  They are intro­spec­tive in nature.  When […]

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media — Begin With The End In Mind

Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind Covey’s sec­ond habit, “Begin With The End In Mind” deals with imag­i­na­tion, con­science, self-awareness and lead­er­ship. This habit is based on the premise that in life, all things are cre­ated twice.  There is the men­tal cre­ation, or the vision, and then the actual cre­ation, the fruits of that […]

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media — Be Proactive

The Seven Habits of Highly Effec­tive Social Media — Habit 1: Be Proac­tive What does it mean to Be Proac­tive?  I view being proac­tive as tak­ing respon­si­bil­ity for how you inter­act with the world. Stephen Covey dis­cusses the idea that there is a space between stim­u­lus and response, and that we as human beings, pos­sess the capability […]

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