Seven Habits for Friday, and Life

Stephen R. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, author, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and co-founder and vice-chairman of FranklinCovey Co. He has been recognized as Time magazine's twenty-five most influential Americans. He says:

 When I look into the eyes of the children, I see the hope of the world. Leadership is the highest of all the arts, for it is the enabling art of unlocking human potential. It is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves. 

 I feel the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People were inculcated by the greatest servants and prophets, individuals who served the Creator with responsibility, discipline, humility,  respect, and mercy. The seven habits, summarized below, are essentially human virtues that we are taught but forget as we age. I would like to find a way to incorporate teaching these habits into my lesson plans in the future: 


1) taking personal responsibility and initiative
2) getting clear about what's important to you and setting goals
3) putting those priorities first and being disciplined
 4) seeking mutual benefit in all interactions with others -- the golden rule
5) seeking to understand others from their perspective first before making your point
6) valuing differences and creating third-alternative solutions to problems that are better than "my way" or "your way," and 
7) taking care of and renewing yourself in all four areas of life -- body, mind, heart and spirit.


Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-r-covey/our-children-and-the-cris_b_545034.html