From the best-selling book ?The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People? by
popular and influential author Stephen R. Covey comes different principles that
lead to effectiveness from high and satisfying work performance. Since the
principles have been introduced, the human resources sector has never been
the same again. Now, it has working principles and frameworks that serve
as guidance for employees who strive to do better and increase productivity
within and outside the workplace.
Focus should be given to the second principle for highly effective people, as
structured under Covey?s highly publicized book. The principle advises people
to ?begin initiatives with the end result in mind?. You may readily infer that
this assertion is intended to convince people to be results-oriented and at the
same time be more productive. Looking further into the essence of the
statement would definitely point to that direction.
This second habit of highly effective people is mainly based in a premise that
initiatives can be divided into two groups: the first being those conceived on
mind and the second being initiatives done through action. As such, many
experts claim that numerous aggressive endeavors fail because of failure on
the mindset. Thus, human resources personnel and corporate managements
would always strive to set a mindset among employees and staff that would
lead to attainment of targets and overall productivity.
The most convenient and effective measure on how to start initiatives with the
end result in mind is to initially formulate a working personal mission
statement. Such a statement would have a person set goals and formulate
ways on how such targets would be attained. Such is a usual activity of highly
organized people.
By setting a goal, you are becoming more proactive. You would eventually
observe that you are becoming highly organized because your thoughts and
ideals are more targeted to the attainment of goals, which you yourself or your
boss may have set. By having a personal mission statement, you would notice
that your own actions and mindset are regulated to take the direction that
would lead to productivity and success.
When you set your goals and your targets, it is imperative that you identify a
center of life where guidance, wisdom, security, power and inspiration could be
sourced out. To find this on a personal level, you have to first know yourself
and define your priorities in life. In doing so, you would find that yourself is
centered on one specific factor, that can be about money, power, work, self,
pleasure, possession, family, spouse or company. Knowing yourself well calls
for knowing what your main priority and target is. To set a goal for your
initiatives, it would significantly help if you would determine the center of your
priorities.
Once you set your goal, you would find that you are smooth-sailing to doing
endeavors and efforts that would clearly and obviously lead to attainment of
such a target. Thus, Covey?s second principle is a necessity on a personal and
management level. It is useful on a personal basis if you would use the
principle to improve your performance and boost productivity. It is useful on
the management level if your company is setting or imposing goals to give
direction to your productivity and professional performance.
popular and influential author Stephen R. Covey comes different principles that
lead to effectiveness from high and satisfying work performance. Since the
principles have been introduced, the human resources sector has never been
the same again. Now, it has working principles and frameworks that serve
as guidance for employees who strive to do better and increase productivity
within and outside the workplace.
Focus should be given to the second principle for highly effective people, as
structured under Covey?s highly publicized book. The principle advises people
to ?begin initiatives with the end result in mind?. You may readily infer that
this assertion is intended to convince people to be results-oriented and at the
same time be more productive. Looking further into the essence of the
statement would definitely point to that direction.
This second habit of highly effective people is mainly based in a premise that
initiatives can be divided into two groups: the first being those conceived on
mind and the second being initiatives done through action. As such, many
experts claim that numerous aggressive endeavors fail because of failure on
the mindset. Thus, human resources personnel and corporate managements
would always strive to set a mindset among employees and staff that would
lead to attainment of targets and overall productivity.
The most convenient and effective measure on how to start initiatives with the
end result in mind is to initially formulate a working personal mission
statement. Such a statement would have a person set goals and formulate
ways on how such targets would be attained. Such is a usual activity of highly
organized people.
By setting a goal, you are becoming more proactive. You would eventually
observe that you are becoming highly organized because your thoughts and
ideals are more targeted to the attainment of goals, which you yourself or your
boss may have set. By having a personal mission statement, you would notice
that your own actions and mindset are regulated to take the direction that
would lead to productivity and success.
When you set your goals and your targets, it is imperative that you identify a
center of life where guidance, wisdom, security, power and inspiration could be
sourced out. To find this on a personal level, you have to first know yourself
and define your priorities in life. In doing so, you would find that yourself is
centered on one specific factor, that can be about money, power, work, self,
pleasure, possession, family, spouse or company. Knowing yourself well calls
for knowing what your main priority and target is. To set a goal for your
initiatives, it would significantly help if you would determine the center of your
priorities.
Once you set your goal, you would find that you are smooth-sailing to doing
endeavors and efforts that would clearly and obviously lead to attainment of
such a target. Thus, Covey?s second principle is a necessity on a personal and
management level. It is useful on a personal basis if you would use the
principle to improve your performance and boost productivity. It is useful on
the management level if your company is setting or imposing goals to give
direction to your productivity and professional performance.
