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| + | '''Proactive''' as defined by [[Stephen Covey]] means that you don't just let life happen to you, and don't respond "by instinct" like a dog. <ref>Broadly what is meant by that is to focus our efforts and attention on the long-term and to think in terms of the long-term consequences of our actions. [http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/7-habits/7-habits.htm 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey] </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:15, November 7, 2011
Stephen R. Covey (born 1932) is the author of the best selling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and other management and business titles. He has a Harvard MBA and a doctorate in Mormon Church History and Doctrine from Brigham Young University.
The seven habits Covey prescribes are
- Be proactive
- Begin with the end in mind
- Put first things first
- Think win/win
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood
- Synergize
- Sharpen the saw
Proactive as defined by Stephen Covey means that you don't just let life happen to you, and don't respond "by instinct" like a dog. [1]
Notes
- ↑ Broadly what is meant by that is to focus our efforts and attention on the long-term and to think in terms of the long-term consequences of our actions. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey