Steven Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People" has been a great read. I have picked through the book before, but never read it straight through. I think that although I've heard the concepts before, I do feel like there have been some "Aha!" moments as I've been reading.
The forward of the book talks about a few of the most common human challenges we face.
- Fear and insecurity
- I want it now
- Blame and Victimization
- Hopelessness
- Lack of Life Balance
- "What's in it for me?" (WIIIFM)
- The hunger to be understood
- Conflict and Differences
- Personal Stagnation
I really identified with these forces at work within our society right now. I can think of examples of people that epitomize each. I know one person, for example, who operates their company based on fear and insecurity. It so happens that business is booming so they are doing somethings right. However the person is very afraid that if we don't hurry up and do something, our competition will be upon us. He often sends email with competitor releases, that is meant to encourage, however it is really just out of fear and a way to indirectly attempt to influence or push people into doing more, to try to beat the competition.
More to come...
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