![]() ![]() So we worked on our attitudes and behavior toward him and we tried to work on his. We felt that if success were important in any area of life, it was supremely important in our role as parents. Sandra and I were consumed with a desire to help him. Athletically, he was small, skinny, and uncoordinated-swinging his baseball bat, for example, almost before the ball was even pitched. Socially he was immature, often embarrassing those closest to him. He was doing poorly academically he didn’t even know how to follow the instructions on the tests, let alone do well on them. One of our sons was having a very difficult time in school. These are deep problems, painful problems-problems that quick fix approaches can’t solve.Ī few years ago, my wife Sandra and I were struggling with this kind of concern. We’ve gone to counseling we’ve tried a number of things, but we just can’t seem to rekindle the feeling we used to have. We don’t fight or anything we just don’t love each other anymore. I always wonder what other people really think of me and my ideas. I think through each situation and I really feel the ideas I come up with are usually the best for everyone. Most of the time, I can even do it by influencing others to come up with the solution I want. I know, in almost any interaction, I can control the outcome. I see my friends or relatives achieve some degree of success or receive some recognition, and I smile and congratulate them enthusiastically. I’d really like to think there was meaning in my life, that somehow things were different because I was here. But sometimes I wonder if what I’m doing will make any difference in the long run. Why can’t children do their work cheerfully and without being reminded? But to get them to do anything, I have to supervise every move… and put up with complaining every step of the way. I want to teach my children the value of work. They’ve helped some, but I still don’t feel I’m living the happy, productive, peaceful life I want to live. I’ve attended time management seminars and I’ve tried half a dozen different planning systems. I feel pressured and hassled all day, every day, seven days a week. No matter what I try, he won’t listen to me. My teenage son is rebellious and on drugs. Why can’t I train them to be independent and responsible-or find employees who can be? I think if I were home sick for a day, they’d spend most of their time gabbing at the water fountain. I expect a lot out of my employees and I work hard to be friendly toward them and to treat them right. I’ve taken course after course on effective management training. I just can’t seem to keep a promise I make to myself. I read all the new information, I set goals, I get myself all psyched up with a positive mental attitude and tell myself I can do it. I know I’m overweight, and I really want to change. I’ve started a new diet-for the fifth time this year. I’m not even sure I know myself and what’s really important to me. I don’t know my wife and children anymore. But it’s cost me my personal and family life. I’ve set and met my career goals and I’m having tremendous professional success. I suspect some of the problems they have shared with me may be familiar to you. In more than 25 years of working with people in business, university, and marriage and family settings, I have come in contact with many individuals who have achieved an incredible degree of outward success, but have found themselves struggling with an inner hunger, a deep need for personal congruency and effectiveness and for healthy, growing relationships with other people. There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. Part One: Paradigms and Principles Inside-Out HABIT 7: SHARPEN THE SAW - PRINCIPLES OF BALANCED SELF-RENEWAL HABIT 5: SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD HABIT 3: PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST Part Three: public victory THE 7 HABITS-AN OVERVIEW Part TWO: PRIVATE VICTORY ISBN: 978-1-63353-305-9 Table of Contents Part One: Paradigms and Principles Mango 7 Habits of Highly Effective People iBookstore Special Video Edition by Stephen R. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed Attention: Permissions Coordinator, at the address below. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Images and videos provided by : FranklinCovey Co.Īll rights reserved. Produced and distributed by : Mango Media Inc. Infographics designed by : Elina Diaz and Roberto Nunez ![]()
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