Seven Habits

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is one of those books that I have seen at work, at home, in the stores, even at the gas station. I have never had the desire to read it as I despise self-help books. I  am grateful for the chance to read a summary of the book this week and it interested me enough to buy the book at the grocery store today.  Although some of the habits were common sense, it is so hard to master them.  I am weak,  Although I keep busy, sometimes the important things don't get done.  I liked habit 3- Put first things first.  It breaks down each task into 4 categories.  I am a total "to do" list girl.  I make one every day and enjoy marking things off each day.  But, often times the non fun but essential tasks keep getting pushed to tomorrow's list.  I like the idea of categorizing the things on my "to do" list into these four categories.  Once all the items in category 1 are done, then I can move to category 2 and so on.  I think I will try this this coming week.  I bet I accomplish much more of the big important things.

The other habit I focused on was Habit 5- Seek first to understand, then to be understood.  I am a good friend and try to listen and care about others.  But, often, I find myself listening to a friend's problem and then telling them what has happened to me similar and how I fixed the problem.  I think that this is focusing the conversation on myself.  If I listen attentively and ask them questions, I can better help my friends solve their problems without bringing the conversation back on me.