Entries from July 2008

July 27, 2008

P/PC Balance

In The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey relates the importance of what he refers to as the P/PC Balance.  He uses the fable about the goose who lays the golden egg to illustrate his point.
For those of us that can’t remember that fable, the story goes that a farmer one day discovers [...]

July 25, 2008

Habits 1 and 2 of Highly Effective People

The first habit of highly effective people, according to Stephen Covey, is to be proactive.  The second habit is to begin with the end in mind.  If more fast food managers adopted these habits, we wouldn’t have half of the problems with fast food managers that we do.
I first encountered the second habit in the [...]