Book number eight out of twelve to complete GoodReads' 2024 Reading Challenge. It's my second time going through Steven Covey's material. This time, I'm using Kindle Read in sync with Audible to speed-read it, collect quotes, and connect the dots using the capturing system.
The 7 Habits are an Inside-Out Approach, you see. We have to win the Private Victory (Habits 1, 2, and 3) before we can win the Public Victory (Habits 4, 5, and 6).
Habits 1, 2, and 3 deal with self-mastery. They move a person from dependence to independence. They are the “Private Victories,” the essence of character growth. Private victories precede public victories. You can’t invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. It’s inside-out. “Public Victories” of teamwork, cooperation, and communication are Habits 4, 5, and 6.
On a ten-point scale, if I am at level two in any field, and desire to move to level five, I must first take the step toward level three. “A thousand-mile journey begins with the first step” and can only be taken one step at a time. If you don’t let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow.
I would suggest that you shift your paradigm of your own involvement in this material from the role of learner to that of teacher. Take an inside-out approach, and read with the purpose in mind of sharing or discussing what you learn with someone else within forty-eight hours after you learn it.
When I first read this passage in the book, using Substack threads as a monologue towards the teacher role became natural. As I share quotes and reflections, I'm talking to the material, I'm learning as I write.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People embody many of the fundamental principles of human effectiveness. These habits are basic; they are primary. They represent the internalization of correct principles upon which enduring happiness and success are based.
The 7 Habits are an Inside-Out Approach, you see. We have to win the Private Victory (Habits 1, 2, and 3) before we can win the Public Victory (Habits 4, 5, and 6).
Habits 1, 2, and 3 deal with self-mastery. They move a person from dependence to independence. They are the “Private Victories,” the essence of character growth. Private victories precede public victories. You can’t invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. It’s inside-out. “Public Victories” of teamwork, cooperation, and communication are Habits 4, 5, and 6.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
On a ten-point scale, if I am at level two in any field, and desire to move to level five, I must first take the step toward level three. “A thousand-mile journey begins with the first step” and can only be taken one step at a time. If you don’t let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow.
I would suggest that you shift your paradigm of your own involvement in this material from the role of learner to that of teacher. Take an inside-out approach, and read with the purpose in mind of sharing or discussing what you learn with someone else within forty-eight hours after you learn it.
When I first read this passage in the book, using Substack threads as a monologue towards the teacher role became natural. As I share quotes and reflections, I'm talking to the material, I'm learning as I write.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People embody many of the fundamental principles of human effectiveness. These habits are basic; they are primary. They represent the internalization of correct principles upon which enduring happiness and success are based.