![]() In this live, what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG), so in order to get the good things we must make sure that we see the good things. Having the wrong paradigm is just not good because it will be an obstacle in our lives. The point from this analogy is, we are like those blind people, trying to understand something big and we only see it from one side but we are so sure that it is just as what we see. ![]() They all will be very sure of their perception about the elephant, and they will argue. Another will say that an elephant is like a rope, but he is actually only touching the elephant’s tail. He actually is only touching the elephant’s trunk. One will say that an elephant is like a giant snake. We bring them an elephant and we ask them to touch and describe the elephant. As an analogy, let us say that there is a group of blind people who never encounter any elephants before. No one has the best and complete perception. Ferdinand was sure about his perception, but it turned out that he was wrong. He once stated that airplanes are interesting toys, but have no value in the military. One of them is a statement from Ferdinand Foch, a French Military Strategic Expert who became a World War I Commander. In the book, Sean Covey mentioned some statements of some experts in the past that sound silly now. ![]() We will never know how poor our current vision is, until we get a new and better pair of glasses. It is like a pair of glasses that will determine whether we will see things clearly or not. In creating good habits, we should have good paradigm in our lives. It is not easy to do that, but when we are able to deal with our own habits, then we are ready to deal with other people’s habits. Yes, we are able to create, change and eliminate our habits. Everyone has good as well as bad habits, so everyone should deal with their bad habits and create the good habits. Our habits, good or bad will shape our characters. What do habits have to do with effectiveness? Well, our habits will decide whether or not we will be successful, and whether or not we will be happy.Īn English poet once said that at first we will determine our habits, and the next our habits will determine who we are. Moreover, the readers will find out what do they value the most in their lives. If practiced, the 7 habits Stephen and Sean Covey referred in their books will make the readers able to control their lives, to do more in fewer time, improve relationships with other people, improve self confidence, rehab from addiction, be happy, find the balances between the time for school, work, hang out, and many other activities. Sean Covey himself writes other several self helping books as well. Sean Covey’s father, Stephen Covey, is well-known for authoring his international bestseller book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 8th Habit: from Effectiveness to Greatness, and many other popular self helping books. It was in the year 2001 the Indonesian version of the book first published in Indonesia. Covey’s humorous and up-front style is just light enough to be acceptable to wary teenagers, and down-and-dirty enough to really make a difference.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is a book authored by Sean Covey. He includes a comical section titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Defective Teens,” which includes some, shall we say, counterproductive practices: put first things last don’t cooperate seek first to talk, then pretend to listen wear yourself out. As a self-acknowledged guinea pig for many of his dad’s theories, Sean Covey is a living example of someone who has taken each of the seven habits to heart: be proactive begin with the end in mind put first things first think win-win seek first to understand, then to be understood synergize and sharpen the saw. ![]() along with a few other surprises.” Did he ever! Flip open to any page and become instantly absorbed in real-life stories of teens who have overcome obstacles to succeed, and step-by-step guides to shifting paradigms, building equity in “relationship bank accounts,” creating action plans, and much more. To keep it fun, Covey writes, he “stuffed it full of cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. Based on his father’s bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Sean Covey applies the same principles to teens, using a vivacious, entertaining style.
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