“Pre-Habit” Work Part I

Over the next few posts, I would like to introduce the idea of the seven habits and some of the underlying principles necessary to achieve them.  I’ll start with some excerpts from Stephen Covey’s book.

The seven habits is not a quick fix program

It is the process of personal and interpersonal development requiring your best efforts and patience over an extended period of time.  It is meant to increase your capacity to achieve your personal and professional goals and develop better working relationships associates and all of your loved ones.

A habit is the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.  Knowledge is the theoretical component: What to do and why to do it?  Skill is the practical side: How to do it?  Desire is the motivation side:  The want to do it.

The 7 Habits are common-sense, but not always common practice.

During the beginning of the industrial revolution, there was a shift from character development to personality techniques.  In other words, a shift to appearing to be rather than actually being.  Because of the shift from the industrial age to the information age, this trend has accelerated.

This week, tell us what efforts you’ve put forward to practice shifting back to character development and away from personality techniques.  What have you been instead of seemed to be?