herrold - Personal Management

Personal Management

Mellichamp - Lecture notes on "THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE"

Table of Contents	Overview

Inside-Out	A New Level of Thinking
Overview	The Seven Habits -- An Overview
Habit 1	Be Proactive: Principles of Personal Vision
Habit 2	Begin with the End in Mind: Principles of Personal Leadership
Habit 3	Put First Things First: Principles of Personal Management
Habit 4	Think Win/Win: Principles of Interpersonal Leadership
Habit 5	Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Habit 6	Synergize Principles of Creative Communication
Habit 7	Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal
Inside-Out Again	Final Thoughts

YOUNG BULLS, OLD BULLS, AND AIRFRAME ICE

It is characteristic of a young bull to charge directly at any sort of challenge or opportunity. The old bull, having survived his youth, is inclined to take a few more chomps of grass before committing himself to a specific course of action. Permit me to fancy that the old bull takes a moment to philosophise upon the situation, to take the time to observe a bit more and to ask WHY more frequently. ...

Also, a bit of humor to set the point:

An old bull and a young bull were on top of a hill looking down at the huge herd of cows grazing in the fields below. The young bull said, "I'm gonna charge down this hill, jump over that hedge and visit each of those cows!"

The old bull chewed some grass and said "Go ahead". He chewed some more grass and said, "I'm going to walk down the hill, go around the hedge and still visit them all."

Also: Old Age and Treachery: Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, 1991

Tools:
Task Coach

See also:
smart
swot
TRAF | s ∴ - systematic issue management
Twelve Step - balance and control, when things are spinning too fast