Awesome Quotes from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Training
by Joe on July 8, 2009
After going through the The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Signature Course, there were so many great nuggets or quotes from either the course or in conversations at the course that I wanted to share them all.
Below you’ll find a selection of the quotes that made my all star quote team. After you read them all, I am sure you’ll have a favorite. So when you pick your favorite quote, leave a comment so we can chat about it in the comments!
“I am free to choose and am responsible for my choices.” – Covey
“Right to pause and own [the space where you choose your response to a situation].” – The Presenter
“See every problem as an opportunity to exersize creative energy.” – Covey
“We detect rather than invent our missions in life.” – Viktor Frankl
“Urgent things have the appearance of importance.” – Covey
“Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you are saying.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The key to the family culture is how you treat the child that tests you the most.” – A video we watched
“You cant talk yourself out of problems you behave yourself into.” – Covey
The quote that best sums up the program:
“Your life is a result of your own decisions – not your conditions.” – Covey
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Program
by Joe on July 3, 2009
Almost three months ago, I started a new role at Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and Foundation as the Assistant Controller. This change has been exciting for me in many ways, but bittersweet others. My time at NCR Corporation was an excellent way to start my working life. NCR provided me with so many opportunities, especially amazing travel. I was able to attend an awkward birthday party in India, examine how college impacted my work day in Budapest as I saw ATMs being built.
So leaving the global company behind, I began a new phase at a Non-Profit. It has been amazing to move from having 30,000 co-workers to just 30. In my first few weeks at Beta, one of my new coworkers facilitated Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Signature Program for a group of the newest employees. It was a great program and enabled me to spend some time thinking about how to define success and plan to achieve it.
So in the spirit of sharing, I am starting a series of posts about some of the concepts taught in the seven habits program.
As a start, check out the seven habits diagram, and lets begin our journey from dependence to interdependence!
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We Can Make a Difference but Will We?
by Joe on May 21, 2009
A classmate of mine from Miami University, Blake Samic, posted a video of hope and optimism that goes along with my first video post. It is empowering to know that a single person, yes thats you and I!, is able to see opportunities and make changes and improvements. How are we choosing to handle the opportunities that are placed in front of us? How are we making a difference?
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Giving 100% is Not Enough: A Video Post
by Joe on May 18, 2009
Four weeks ago my wife and I spent a week in London and Paris seeing the sites and enjoying an awesome vacation. There is nothing better than a Seine river dinner cruise!
But wait there might be! The first ever JoeBuddeJr.com video post! But wait! Just like shamwow, THERE IS MORE!
You’ve gotta be kidding, you are saying? Nope, no jokes from me today.
So what is the more? Well, the first ever video post is my first take ever, and its all the way from the Champs de Elysee in Paris! Where you ask? Well right here a gentlemen was selling his skill. He would free hand cut out a profile picture of a person. Sure he could spend 10 minutes drawing it out and then cutting it, but when he can free hand it, it’s amazing. Why is that a big deal? Because this guy’s effort could have been to just to finish a neat cut out profile in 30 minutes time, but he took it one step further and left us in awe by doing it in two.
Check it out:
Rebecca happened to be a bit late with her video blog advice so the video is not great by her standards (or mine), but its fun none the less.
What do you think of this artist and his skills? and… What do you think of the video post? Do you think video blogging is my new blogging identity?
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How to Improve your Office Birthday Party
by Joe on May 12, 2009
We could all go out and follow some generic advice (generic = terrible) about how to throw a birthday party for a co-worker. Or we could break every etiquette rule about how to buy a gift for a co-worker. But I am not into that.
I want to help you make the most of your office birthday party, because if yours are like mine have been, they really need some work. And for something that happens at least once a month like in my office, its just too often to ignore.
How Do I fix an Office Birthday Party Fiasco?
- It’s only awkward if you make it awkward: If you are in a situation, or approach one thinking it will be awkward then it will be. Its time to change your attitude.
- In lieu of standing around waiting for someone to be the first one to go pick a cookie or a piece of cake off the table, pick up the cookies/cake and pass them out. It’ll help change everyone else’s attitude since I have changed mine after step number one!
- Have an action plan for the dreaded song: I look at people in the eyes when singing happy birthday – even if I’m the birthday boy. It lets everyone know that I am appreciative of their less than stellar vocal abilities.
So those are a few things I do to end the terribleness that is an office birthday party. If you are still a debbie downer on office birthdays I suggest that you celebrate all your office birthdays on one day a year. Think about it. Way less calories, and way less of the awkward effort you put towards choosing what to do while people sing happy birthday to you.
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