Comments on: How many of the 7 habits have you integrated into your life? http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/ It's only in the practice of leadership that we influence our world... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joseph http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42217 Joseph Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:33:53 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/#comment-42217 Practicing 7 habits needs discipline and that means hard work. I wouldn't say I am following 7 habits every single day/time. But yea, most of them are imbibed within me and I pull it out at most of the times. That might be because I read the book multiple times in a year for 5 years and thought through how to follow it in daily life. I first saw the benefit of 'Be Proactive'. It was not easy to change the thinking style. It came with lot of mental work; but when it paid off, the mental challenge to follow other habits got little easier. I do read lots of other books; however I go back to 7 habits every now and then to see if I could get one more point/concept/living benefit. So I can say this is the only book that I am really following in life; but I put that to use to a large extent. Since I see the benefit, it is not difficult to follow. Practicing 7 habits needs discipline and that means hard work.
I wouldn’t say I am following 7 habits every single day/time. But yea, most of them are imbibed within me and I pull it out at most of the times.
That might be because I read the book multiple times in a year for 5 years and thought through how to follow it in daily life.
I first saw the benefit of ‘Be Proactive’. It was not easy to change the thinking style. It came with lot of mental work; but when it paid off, the mental challenge to follow other habits got little easier.
I do read lots of other books; however I go back to 7 habits every now and then to see if I could get one more point/concept/living benefit. So I can say this is the only book that I am really following in life; but I put that to use to a large extent. Since I see the benefit, it is not difficult to follow.

]]> By: Ronen Ben-Naftali http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42183 Ronen Ben-Naftali Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:54:07 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/#comment-42183 Hi Mike, I totally agree with your observation. It is indeed a statement of how difficult things may be to different people at different stages of their lives. This is why having a deep internal meaning for practice is absolutely needed in order to create the discipline for practice. By the way, did you ever pay attention that the habits are all in a form of action-oriented phrase? Not only "proactive" but rather "Be proactive", "Think win-win", Put first things first", Synergize" etc. I do, by the way, can recommend a nice tool that will help people who care to practice and produce results. It's called The 7 Habits Journal (or, you can get any type of empty note-book. Less inspiring, but does the trick). Also, I strongly recommend getting the audio book (or the regular version) of "Living the 7 Habits" which takes the reader deep onto practical path for embedding the 7 Habits, All the best, Ronen (ISRAEL) Hi Mike,

I totally agree with your observation. It is indeed a statement of how difficult things may be to different people at different stages of their lives. This is why having a deep internal meaning for practice is absolutely needed in order to create the discipline for practice.

By the way, did you ever pay attention that the habits are all in a form of action-oriented phrase? Not only “proactive” but rather “Be proactive”, “Think win-win”, Put first things first”, Synergize” etc.

I do, by the way, can recommend a nice tool that will help people who care to practice and produce results. It’s called The 7 Habits Journal (or, you can get any type of empty note-book. Less inspiring, but does the trick). Also, I strongly recommend getting the audio book (or the regular version) of “Living the 7 Habits” which takes the reader deep onto practical path for embedding the 7 Habits,

All the best,
Ronen
(ISRAEL)

]]> By: Mike King http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42182 Mike King Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:17:58 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/#comment-42182 I'm in the group that could remember 3 (sharpen the saw, proactive, win-win) While its true that much of the great content available is never entirely put into practice, I believe that is a testament to how difficult it actually is. Everyone has different factors in life and different interests so while we can agree those 7 habits are great, we won't agree that they will pay off for each of us so they won't all make it into practice. At least that is how I seem to be affected most by books. I do always implement at least one thing from any book I read, but I pick and choose those based on many things. Even picking the easiest is still not easy. I’m in the group that could remember 3 (sharpen the saw, proactive, win-win)

While its true that much of the great content available is never entirely put into practice, I believe that is a testament to how difficult it actually is. Everyone has different factors in life and different interests so while we can agree those 7 habits are great, we won’t agree that they will pay off for each of us so they won’t all make it into practice. At least that is how I seem to be affected most by books.

I do always implement at least one thing from any book I read, but I pick and choose those based on many things. Even picking the easiest is still not easy.

]]> By: Dan http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42181 Dan Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:43:29 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/#comment-42181 If you would like to implement some of Stephen Covey's best ideas, you can use this web aplication: <a href="http://www.Gtdagenda.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.Gtdagenda.com</a> You can use it to manage and prioritize your Goals (in each of your life's categories), projects and tasks, in an intuitive interface. It has a Checklists section, for the repetitive activities you have to do, important but not urgent (Quadrant II, for example your routines/habits). Also, it features a Schedules section and a Calendar, for scheduling you time, activities and for the weekly review. Some features from GTD are also present, like Contexts and Next Actions. And it's available on the mobile phone too, so you can access it wherever you are. If you would like to implement some of Stephen Covey’s best ideas, you can use this web aplication:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage and prioritize your Goals (in each of your life’s categories), projects and tasks, in an intuitive interface. It has a Checklists section, for the repetitive activities you have to do, important but not urgent (Quadrant II, for example your routines/habits). Also, it features a Schedules section and a Calendar, for scheduling you time, activities and for the weekly review.

Some features from GTD are also present, like Contexts and Next Actions.

And it’s available on the mobile phone too, so you can access it wherever you are.

]]> By: Ronen Ben-Naftali http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42175 Ronen Ben-Naftali Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:41:35 +0000 http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/10/19/how-many-of-the-7-habits-have-you-integrated-into-your-life/#comment-42175 Hi, I have read The 7 Habits back on 1988. For years I've worked on embedding those principals into my life. For several years I also lead The 7 Habits workshops in Israel. This IS indeed a challenging thing to do. Maybe THE most challenging thing a leader should do. I am working with Covey's materials for 20 years, and feel I still at the beginning. The key is Discipline! As Covey himself says: If you have a burning YES inside you (that is 'the meaning') - you will have the discipline to follow-through. Good luck! Ronen (ISRAEL) Hi,

I have read The 7 Habits back on 1988. For years I’ve worked on embedding those principals into my life. For several years I also lead The 7 Habits workshops in Israel.

This IS indeed a challenging thing to do. Maybe THE most challenging thing a leader should do.

I am working with Covey’s materials for 20 years, and feel I still at the beginning.

The key is Discipline! As Covey himself says: If you have a burning YES inside you (that is ‘the meaning’) – you will have the discipline to follow-through.

Good luck!
Ronen
(ISRAEL)

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