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Direction, Not Intention, Determines Destination!

Not too long ago I heard one of my favorite leaders say these words:  “Direction, not intention, determines your destination.” That stuck with me. I don’t know about you but seems daily I battle keeping my mind and feet on a path toward produc­tivity vs. just ac­tivity. You may have heard me say in past newsletters that Your Routine = Your Results. For me to ensure the right direc­tion of being producti­ve and valuing others each day I need to examine my habits. As you know, we can create and establish effecti­ve and producti­ve habits but also develop bad habits.

So, as I began working on HOW to better help myself, my team and you as we head in to a new year, I began by looking at MY habits. It is amazing how you can start out with a great rou­tine of good habits but overtime - drift. To hedge against that, I looked back at the habits of the most effective people.

You may or may not have ever read Stephen Covey’s best-selling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, if not, you should get a copy and read it. If you have, it could be time for a refresher… depending on whether you are happy with your direction or concerned your current path may not 100% end at your desired destination in life.

Inside this Issue:

1. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
2. Three Successive stages of increasing maturity
3. What homes are selling for in your neighbourhood
4. How your referrals help Mental Health!

Sushma Khinvasara
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People

In the book, Covey presents an approach to being effective in attaining goals by aligning oneself to what he calls “true north” principles based on a character ethnic that he presents as universal and timeless. Most people believe they have good ethics, but again, if the outcomes or result we are getting from our daily routines are NOT what we want… we must realize something isn’t quite right. How effective are you at obtaining results?

Effectiveness is the balance of obtaining desirable results with caring for that which produces those results. Covey illustrates this by referring to the fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs. He further claims that effectiveness can be expressed in terms of the P/PC, where P refers to getting desired results and PC is caring for that which produces the results.
Covey promotes what he labels “the character ethic”: aligning one’s values with so-called universal and timeless principles. In doing this, Covey is deliberately and mindfully separating principles and values. He sees principles as external and subjective. Our values govern our behavior, while principles ultimately determine the consequences. To better demonstrate this, Mr. Covey presents his teachings in a series of habits, manifesting as a progression from dependence through independence on to interdependence.

Bottom line… Daily habits  = desired results and then some.

However, as they say, old habits are hard to break, so the first step is to understand where success really starts: how you think. How much time do you sit and just—think? Really analyze, even meditate on where you are and where you want to go? Be emoti­onally dependent on other people affirmation and validation of me. Dependence is the attitude of “you”: you take care of me… or you don’t come through and I blame you for the Tough to break a habit without knowing about it or understanding how/why you do it nurturing and sustenance. I may intellectually dependent on other people’s thinking; I may result.

Independence means you are pretty much free from the external influence [and] support of others. Independence is the attitude of “I”. It is the avowed goal of many individuals, and many social groups. My first step to a better 2020 is to bridge the gap between knowing and doing. In order to do that, let’s begin with what Covey introduces as Maturity Continuum. These are the three successive stages of increasing maturity: dependence, Independence, and interdependence. At birth, everybody is dependent, and characteristics of dependence may linger; this is the first and lowest stage of maturity.

Keeping you informed!

Sushma Khinvasara
 
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