Re:Seven Habits Study Guide
by ankitoberoi on Thursday January 09, 2014 @12:26PM
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Spending more than what you earn is not a habit, it's a disorder.
What I'm trying to say is that it does not work like that. If I were to follow all that is said in such book/articles, will I automatically become rich or successful?
Re:Seven Habits Study Guide
by theorique on Thursday January 09, 2014 @01:33PM
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Spending more than what you earn, as a repeated pattern of behavior, is definitely a habit. Most people would agree that it's a bad one.
If you're waiting for some advice or recipe to make you "automatically" rich or successful, you'll be waiting a long time. Nobody can guarantee that.
We can probably agree that there is a spectrum of habits that range from "good" to "bad". Practicing good habits doesn't create automatic success, just like practicing bad habits doesn't make success impossible, but there are statistical trends.
Covey's stuff is pretty solid and researched based. You really have to read the book. It's worth it.
http://sameffect.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people...
They are all useful points, but the book itself beats the horse until it is very thoroughly dead.
Tell me something I don't know.
Also, I don't believe that any specific habits can you make you successful.
A lot of people became successful purely by probability.
Person "A": spends 105% of his income
Person "B": spends 85% of his income
Which habit do you think will lead to greater success?
What I'm trying to say is that it does not work like that. If I were to follow all that is said in such book/articles, will I automatically become rich or successful?
If you're waiting for some advice or recipe to make you "automatically" rich or successful, you'll be waiting a long time. Nobody can guarantee that.
We can probably agree that there is a spectrum of habits that range from "good" to "bad". Practicing good habits doesn't create automatic success, just like practicing bad habits doesn't make success impossible, but there are statistical trends.