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Weeks 10 and 11 began last week. Because we are learning about Stephen Covey's habits, the assignments are spread out over 2 weeks/modules. Weeks 10 and 11 are due together this Friday, March 17. Be sure to manage your time over the next 2 weeks -- test out the skills you learned in Week 4 and reviewed in Week 7!
Got text? It is EASY to read the questions for each habit and quickly respond. In fact, many of our course assignments can be done without reading the required material. However, a leader does not cut corners and a leader chooses to do any task well (and often times "over-well"). Ask yourself the following questions before you post:
- Did I refer to the text to show my understanding?
- Did I offer specific examples/ideas from the article and/or my life to demonstrate why my answer is correct?
- Did I explain my examples/ideas to prove my point?
- Did I connect my response to the weekly topic and/or use weekly vocabulary?
- Did I read my response and correct any errors?
Ready, learn, lead!
The 5th habit is "Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood." The most important part of communication is listening. Covey says that we listen autobiographically or we miss the meaning of what someone is saying because we are focused on our own experience. We rush into other people's issues and try to fix them by giving advice without taking the time to truly understand the problem. When you do not listen actively, you end up responding in one of the following ways:
1. Evaluating - you judge and then agree or disagree
2. Probing - you ask questions from your own frame of reference
3. Advising - you give counsel, advice, and solutions to problems
4. Interpreting - you analyze others' motives and behaviors based on your own experiences
(https://www.stephencovey.com/7habits/7habits-habit5.php (Links to an external site.))
Consider opening yourself up to listening the next time someone talks to you. You are vulnerable when you are truly listening which means you are also influenceable therefor able to influence others. Once you understand what someone is saying, you can then be understood.
1. Evaluating - you judge and then agree or disagree
2. Probing - you ask questions from your own frame of reference
3. Advising - you give counsel, advice, and solutions to problems
4. Interpreting - you analyze others' motives and behaviors based on your own experiences
(https://www.stephencovey.com/7habits/7habits-habit5.php (Links to an external site.))
Consider opening yourself up to listening the next time someone talks to you. You are vulnerable when you are truly listening which means you are also influenceable therefor able to influence others. Once you understand what someone is saying, you can then be understood.
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