Pretty straightforward chapter, but at the same time, its something so incredibly necessary to move forward at all, I think.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
The First Habit: Proactivity
Alright, so now we're getting to the good stuff of this book. Covey breaks out his secrets to becoming a highly effective person, and what he breaks out seems so simple, and yet is so hard for many people to realize on their own. The trick to this chapter is to be proactive, not reactive. Control what you can, and let go of what you can't control. Everyone has a Circle of Concern, and a Circle of Influence, and the trick is getting what you Influence to be larger than what concerns you. If your circle of Concern is larger than the circle of Influence, you are worrying about things that you cannot affect, but if you expand your Influence, a little bit at a time, you can tackle everything in your circle of Concerns, and beyond, like in Covey's example of the office worker with the dictatorial boss.
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I think you misunderstood the Concern/Influence thing. The goal is not to influence more than you are concerned about!! That'd be like your mom having the right to tell your neighbor what time to go to bed. She has influence power, but no concern. How would this possibly be good? If you're going to influence something, you should care about it! Or very bad things will happen.
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