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Stephen Covey’s Production vs Production Capability

Covey’s management classic ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People‘ is not, for me at least, a sustainable productivity system (its priority codes, for instance, have been ran over by the stampede of modern life), but it does include incredibly quality food for thought for the ‘highest levels’ of your life; those moments when (more…)

If It Doesn’t Collapse You Cannot Rebuild It

Something that really grabbed my attention in Stephen Covey’s ‘The seven habits of the highly effective people’ was the concept of overcompensation. He does not dedicate more than one or two pages to it, but it is such a inspiring fact (more…)

The longest term goal

In full obedience to David Allen’s teachings (there might be taller or stronger firemen, but he is the one who took me out of the flames), I periodically review my medium and long term goals. I have them written down in a list with a deliberately conventional, impersonal format, using infinitive verbs: “work as…”, “live at…”, “become…” (more…)