In other words, he puts clothes on the concept. But when Covey enumerates cases of men and women who begin with the end in mind, you discover that an abstract habit now makes sense. Reading habit two, “Begin with the End in Mind,” leaves the reader wondering what that looks like and even what it means. One strength of his personal story approach to evidence is that it makes the abstract concrete. What constitutes evidence for Covey? He draws primarily from stories of individuals who model his thesis or particularly habit. His chapters feature one of his seven habits. He relates each of these to self-improvement, particularly his stated thesis of achieving goals by attending to personal character. He divides the work into three sections, focusing on the individual, the community, and the future. Covey is straightforward and honest about his intentions, two strategies that mark the book’s strength’s. And opening his book with such a risky call may not attract readers, even the though book’s popularity suggests otherwise. Real change requires some amount of pain or unsettling, even if it is an intellectual reordering. Covey not only wants to challenge and upset our paradigms, he hopes to shift our paradigms.Īnyone who has changed knows that Covey is right. What many call “disambiguation,” the questioning of your assumptions or current perspective and the feeling of discomfort that creates. But Covey puts pressure on his reader, warning them of the “paradigm shift” that his book requires. People often want to hear what they already believe or feel comfortable doing. The book’s opening section begins with a challenge, and I think deserves appreciation.
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