Ok, off late, Steven Covey has had an amazing impact on me. The audio book is amazing... the intonation, the emphasis and ofcouse, the content!
Ok.... am I writing a book review? not necessarily... I am dying to talk about how it impacted my life :)
Sometimes, the thought is... aren't all these self help book so very cliche'd? Same story --- same positive attitude etc etc?
Well no, not the 7 habits! The major emphasis being on the 'character ethic'... and that is exactly where he struck chord with me.
No, it is not about the show-off... it is about what you want to be as a person... the paradigms, the principles and orientation of values to the basic principles.
And while on this journey... i just realized i have become more open .. in terms of hearing what people want to tell me, linking it to how I can be different ... more importantly ... better!
Move away from social perception of what I should be... to my own self analysis of what I want to be in my own eyes.
I become more conscious when I hear... I am not listening to 'respond'... I am listening more to listen. My responses can be later... but that is not what I want to do when someone is talking.
I grab nice thoughts from people while I hear them...
One wonderful learning from a colleague yesterday.. need to have the ability to 'reset' when talking to clients!! How powerful... why clients... we need to take this much farther... talk to every single person as if it is the first interaction! How open would we be... how un-prejudiced would we be ... no baggage... whatsoever! Need to get there!!!!!!!
One more thought that I heard from a boss... if i look at my entire year... even if i did not do anything, but concentrated on just 2 things... i would have accomplished what org wanted me to!!
How easily has he summarized on Quadrant 2!! Focus on important stuff... don't push yourself into a plethora of activities to just keep yourself busy... doesn't do any good to the org!
Another thought... why are you always sitting on the corner seat? didn't notice that i am slowly showing lack of interest without realizing! wow!!
hmm... life is all about living... what can be a better living than being baggage free!!
Ok.... am I writing a book review? not necessarily... I am dying to talk about how it impacted my life :)
Sometimes, the thought is... aren't all these self help book so very cliche'd? Same story --- same positive attitude etc etc?
Well no, not the 7 habits! The major emphasis being on the 'character ethic'... and that is exactly where he struck chord with me.
No, it is not about the show-off... it is about what you want to be as a person... the paradigms, the principles and orientation of values to the basic principles.
And while on this journey... i just realized i have become more open .. in terms of hearing what people want to tell me, linking it to how I can be different ... more importantly ... better!
Move away from social perception of what I should be... to my own self analysis of what I want to be in my own eyes.
I become more conscious when I hear... I am not listening to 'respond'... I am listening more to listen. My responses can be later... but that is not what I want to do when someone is talking.
I grab nice thoughts from people while I hear them...
One wonderful learning from a colleague yesterday.. need to have the ability to 'reset' when talking to clients!! How powerful... why clients... we need to take this much farther... talk to every single person as if it is the first interaction! How open would we be... how un-prejudiced would we be ... no baggage... whatsoever! Need to get there!!!!!!!
One more thought that I heard from a boss... if i look at my entire year... even if i did not do anything, but concentrated on just 2 things... i would have accomplished what org wanted me to!!
How easily has he summarized on Quadrant 2!! Focus on important stuff... don't push yourself into a plethora of activities to just keep yourself busy... doesn't do any good to the org!
Another thought... why are you always sitting on the corner seat? didn't notice that i am slowly showing lack of interest without realizing! wow!!
hmm... life is all about living... what can be a better living than being baggage free!!
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