Week Seven
This week was a good learning week. I especially found readings from the book, Mastery helpful. (To see quotes from the book checkout the link)
I have been honestly applying the principles from the book to my life and have found it to be very helpful. It feels like night and day.
Suddenly I am happier and a million times more productive. When I am washing the dishes, I think about how I could be a master of washing dishes. When I am scheduling, I think about what are my priorities and make better decisions about what I will do for the day. My stress has reduced tremendously. It really feels like I am on some kind of productive high. It's crazy and I hope it lasts. But in reality I am probably just on an upward slope and I can expect to see a downward slope or plateau. When that happens, I would get discouraged. I won't quit. That is why I will be a master at organizing my life and getting housework done. I am also going to apply these mastery principles to other goals. I will apply it to my exercise routine and seminary teaching. I am expecting to see positive results and hoping it will have a positive affect on those around me.
Other notes from this week's readings:
Seven Habits:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win/win
5. Seek first to understand than to be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the saw
A habit can be defined as the intersection of knowledge (the what to do), skill (how to do it) and desire (the motivation to do it)
We can choose our own response to any signals or information we receive.
It’s easy to get so caught up in climbing the ladder of success that you fail to make sure the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
1. Important & Urgent 2. Important & Non-Urgent 3. Urgent But Not Important 4. Not Urgent & Not Important --- The goal is to maximize your time in quadrant 2 on important but non-urgent activities. This is the heart of effective personal management. By increasing the amount of tasks carried out in quadrant 2, the likelihood of tasks cropping up in quadrant 1 are minimized
“Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker & Warren Bennis
You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself first.
In relationships or associations, the big things are really the little things – courtesies and small acts of kindness.
satisfied needs do not motivate a person to action.
Synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
When we value the differences in perception that exist between people, we are able to transcend the limits created. If two people are of the same opinion, one is unnecessary.
Sharpening the saw involves four separate dimensions; Physical exercise, Spiritual, The mental dimension, The social / emotional dimension
Television is a good servant but a poor master.
Our emotional lives are primarily developed out of and manifested in our relationships with others.
There is also an intrinsic security that comes from service, from helping other people in a meaningful way.
The upward spiral consists of three steps; 1. To Learn 2. To Commit 3. To Do
Real change comes from the inside out.
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.” — Emerson “We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” — T.S. Eliot “I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” — Henry David Thoreau
“I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.” — Martin Luther King
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” — Goethe
Guy W.
Whatever your building it's about passion because you love it.
I have been honestly applying the principles from the book to my life and have found it to be very helpful. It feels like night and day.
Suddenly I am happier and a million times more productive. When I am washing the dishes, I think about how I could be a master of washing dishes. When I am scheduling, I think about what are my priorities and make better decisions about what I will do for the day. My stress has reduced tremendously. It really feels like I am on some kind of productive high. It's crazy and I hope it lasts. But in reality I am probably just on an upward slope and I can expect to see a downward slope or plateau. When that happens, I would get discouraged. I won't quit. That is why I will be a master at organizing my life and getting housework done. I am also going to apply these mastery principles to other goals. I will apply it to my exercise routine and seminary teaching. I am expecting to see positive results and hoping it will have a positive affect on those around me.
Other notes from this week's readings:
Seven Habits:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win/win
5. Seek first to understand than to be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the saw
A habit can be defined as the intersection of knowledge (the what to do), skill (how to do it) and desire (the motivation to do it)
We can choose our own response to any signals or information we receive.
It’s easy to get so caught up in climbing the ladder of success that you fail to make sure the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
1. Important & Urgent 2. Important & Non-Urgent 3. Urgent But Not Important 4. Not Urgent & Not Important --- The goal is to maximize your time in quadrant 2 on important but non-urgent activities. This is the heart of effective personal management. By increasing the amount of tasks carried out in quadrant 2, the likelihood of tasks cropping up in quadrant 1 are minimized
“Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker & Warren Bennis
You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself first.
In relationships or associations, the big things are really the little things – courtesies and small acts of kindness.
satisfied needs do not motivate a person to action.
Synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
When we value the differences in perception that exist between people, we are able to transcend the limits created. If two people are of the same opinion, one is unnecessary.
Sharpening the saw involves four separate dimensions; Physical exercise, Spiritual, The mental dimension, The social / emotional dimension
Television is a good servant but a poor master.
Our emotional lives are primarily developed out of and manifested in our relationships with others.
There is also an intrinsic security that comes from service, from helping other people in a meaningful way.
The upward spiral consists of three steps; 1. To Learn 2. To Commit 3. To Do
Real change comes from the inside out.
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.” — Emerson “We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” — T.S. Eliot “I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” — Henry David Thoreau
“I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.” — Martin Luther King
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” — Goethe
Guy W.
Whatever your building it's about passion because you love it.
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