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    between the actual production and improving one’s capability to produce. According to the book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey (1989), he illustrated seven habits that can be incorporated in the journey of success. To be an effective leader, one must have ethics and determination in the management in order to achieve goals of the organization. Covey’ s book illustrate the seven habits such as; being proactive, to begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win

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    cognitive processing – stored memories enable the brain to construct mental content. As a result, an individual’s perception will vary according to the memories and knowledge accumulated by the physical senses since birth, and consequently, as Stephen Covey asserts: “We see the world, not as it is, but as we are, or, as we are conditioned to see it.” “Inception” explores the moral dilemma of deceiving one’s perception via inception –

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    Occupational stress is defined as a person’s physical and mental reaction to a stressor in the surrounding environment (Antai-Otong 2001). This stressor can occur from the mental or emotional states, and on the physical activities a person is doing. Occupational stress is one of the health perils of the present day working environment in which members are employees. Stress condition is relative in nature separated from its presence, which an unnecessary stress could be destructive in numerous terms

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    The world we reside in has different kinds people with distinctive behavior, distinctive culture, distinctive language, distinctive food habit and distinctive social environment. Every individual persists of their individual way of dealing with others. We can differentiate people in two categories depending upon their nature; the first one is highly effective and the second one is highly defective. The highly effective ones are those who possess “good qualities”; in terms of the society, whereas

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    10 Books Every District Manager Should Read or Listen too Nobody knows everything right off the bat. Some people have better instincts than others but most great leaders strive for self improvement. As a manager it’s your responsibility to educate yourself as best you can and apply that new found knowledge in your professional and personal relationships. Being a boss is not just about giving orders, it’s about communicating and encouraging innovation. Knowing district managers have a crazy schedule

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    I am not only trying to change myself on the inside but I also have to change myself on the outside. Covey (2004) discusses about the four dimensions of renewal that include: the physical, mental, spiritual, and social/emotional dimensions (p. 300). It is cleansing my spiritual dimension by meditating with peace or with God, or just rethinking about what

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    The Seven Habits

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    The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey became a blueprint for personal development when it was published in 1989 First of all, Covey defined habits as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire: Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and why. Skill is the how to do. And finally, desire is the motivation, the want to do. Now, a paradigm is a framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodology that are commonly accepted by members

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    In this essay, I write what I learned from the reading of Business Through the Eyes of Faith by Richard C. Chewning, John W. Eby, and Shirley J. Roels. The book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. I will also use The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Workbook, by Covey, The 16 personality types: Descriptions for self-discovery by Berens, L. V., & Nardi, D., Myers-Briggs type indicator (Form M) by Briggs, K. C., & Myers, I. B., and finally the Learning style inventory (Version

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    Hayes-Morrison Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Seven Habits of Highly Effective People starts off with an introduction to the concept of Paradigm Shift which is, essentially, a change in basic assumptions. Author Stephen R. Covey prepares the reader to have a change in mindset. Covey explains that there exists a different perspective amongst individuals. Two people can see the same thing but each individual can have a very different understanding from one another. The first three habits introduced

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    Teens is a book authored by Sean Covey. It was in the year 2001 the Indonesian version of the book first published in Indonesia. Sean Covey’s father, Stephen Covey, is well-known for authoring his international bestseller book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 8th Habit: from Effectiveness to Greatness, and many other popular self helping books. Sean Covey himself writes other several self helping books as well. If practiced, the 7 habits Stephen and Sean Covey referred in their books will

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