The 7 habits training

This week I underwent the above training. This has eluded me all this while. This time it happened amidst tight schedules. At the end I am happy that I did it. And I did it with 30 others who are my elder son’s age. I felt great in their company. And I had plenty of personal experiences to share by way of examples. Trust the others liked them. There is additional cause for joy. My younger son went thru the booklet and liked it a lot. He felt that everything in his life so far has been hovering below the line in quadrants 3 and 4. Nice to hear that. He now realizes that there are things called quadrants 1 and 2 which could be attained. Interestingly, while googling in the morning, I found that the Covey family has written similar books for teens also. Maybe I’ll get one for my son.

Coming to Stephen Covey’s training program. I found it pretty apt. At beyond 50 also, I think I can use the concepts effectively. Again, there is no rocket science involved. All of us knowingly/unknowingly do practice the concepts in bits and pieces. Covey has given a great structure, which if followed, could help the follower in becoming more effective.
For those of you who do not have any idea of the 7 habits, here is a brief synopsis. You get the full thing on the net.
You start at a dependent level, where you build up your self-mastery and self-discipline. The 3 habits involved are – Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind and put first things first. By mastering these habits you attain Private Victory.
In the second stage, you practice Think win-win, seek first to understand and then be understood and synergize. These habits get you Public Victory. From Independence you move to Interdependence.
Finally the seventh habit talks of sharpening the saw.
Now the time has come for putting the training into practice. As usual, I can cite the 101 tasks that are to be attended to right now. Implementing the training concepts become 102nd in the list. I’ll try to break the hodoo.
I have to perform 3 tasks:

1. Plan weekly

2. Live the Habit

3. Teach to learn.

Let me start shortly. I should not waste time writing blogs. Need your good wishes. Thanks.