Res ipsa loquitur.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.
-p. 17
If we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
-p. 18
The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow, there is no shortcut.
-p. 22
It is character that communicates most effectively.
- p. 22
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way their really are or the way they should be
And our attitudes and behaviours grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
-p. 24
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right.
It's not logical; it's psychological.
-p. 27
The influences in our lives - family, school, church, work, environment, friends, associates, and current social paradigms such as the personality ethic - all have made their silent unconscious impact on us and help shape our frame of reference, our paradigms, our maps.
-p. 28
Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or, as we are conditioned to see it.
-p. 28
Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
-p. 32
We must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.
-p. 17
If we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
-p. 18
The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow, there is no shortcut.
-p. 22
It is character that communicates most effectively.
- p. 22
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way their really are or the way they should be
And our attitudes and behaviours grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
-p. 24
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right.
It's not logical; it's psychological.
-p. 27
The influences in our lives - family, school, church, work, environment, friends, associates, and current social paradigms such as the personality ethic - all have made their silent unconscious impact on us and help shape our frame of reference, our paradigms, our maps.
-p. 28
Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or, as we are conditioned to see it.
-p. 28
Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
-p. 32
Friday, October 09, 2009
EAST OF EDEN
I always found in myself a dread of the west and a love of the east.
-p.3
You can boast about anything if it's all you have.
Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
-p. 4
And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years,
and during the wet years they lost all memories of the dry years. It was always that way.
-p.6
Some men think big and some think little.
-p. 47
When people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
-p. 64
A man afraid is a dangerous animal.
-p. 65
-p.3
You can boast about anything if it's all you have.
Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
-p. 4
And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years,
and during the wet years they lost all memories of the dry years. It was always that way.
-p.6
Some men think big and some think little.
-p. 47
When people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
-p. 64
A man afraid is a dangerous animal.
-p. 65
