“The résumé virtues are the ones you list on your résumé, the skills that you bring to the job market and that contribute to external success. In The Road to Character, he explains the difference between them: Writer David Brooks insightfully observes that there are two types of virtues: résumé virtues and eulogy virtues. Why does Covey want you vividly imagining your death and funeral?īecause it distills what you ultimately value in life - or at least what you want to value - and what you hope it all adds up to in the end. This is what Covey means by “Begin with the End in Mind.” The END. What do you hear? What do you imagine him saying? The guy we left with his mouth open when we did a Zack Attack Timeout. Take a look at the guy giving your eulogy. Who do you see? Who’s at your funeral? More insightful question, who’s not at your funeral? Is it a packed house or are there only a few people there? When I imagine this, it sort of looks like the agents in the Matrix shapeshifting into other people. The undistinguished people that you imagined in the funeral home should now be morphing into people you know. Now I want you to imagine that the body in that casket is your dead carcass. Got that picture in your mind? It’s pretty much like every funeral you’ve ever attended or seen on TV.
He’s got a hankie in his hand, just in case he gets teary-eyed. Flowers surround it.Ī man steps up to the podium to deliver the eulogy. “Nearer My God to Thee.” Classic.Ī casket sits at the front of the room. Soft organ music plays in the background. Sniffles can be heard, and shiny, tear-soaked cheeks dot the room. All the seats are filled with a blur of people dressed in black. It’s at a nondescript funeral parlor that looks like every other funeral parlor in America. The second habit Stephen Covey covers in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is “Begin With the End in Mind.” To understand what he means by this maxim, you need to do a little thought experiment that he suggests in the book.ĭon’t just nod and continue skimming.
#Stephen covey 7 habits series
Welcome back to our monthly series that summarizes, expands, and riffs on each of the seven habits laid out in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.
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