READINGS

BY NUR JOHARI

SUCCESS in MATHS: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

Read this Revision and Examination Tips from your Sec 3 Term 1 Mathematics Note. Have an understanding on

- what you want to achieve (Target)
- how you want to achieve that target (Strategy)
- Identify stop check measures to evaluate your learning and outcomes

Failure to Plan is Planning for Failure

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

SOURCE: http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/7-habits/summary.htm

Summary

Stephen Covey is an excellent speaker and so his audio books, in addition to his writtenbooks, are well worth obtaining. A full list of relevant resources appears at the foot of this page. In this section, however, we examine what Stephen Covey says about his work. Here are a number of brief quotations which are taken directly from the book which provide a useful summary.

Be Proactive

"Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen."
Begin With the End in Mind
"(This habit)...is based on imagination -- the ability to envision, to see the potential, to create with our minds what we cannot at present see with our eyes..."

Put First Things First

"Create a clear, mutual understanding of what needs to be accomplished, focusing on what, not how; results not methods. Spend time. Be patient. Visualize the desired result."

Think Win-Win
"Win-Win is a frame of mind that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions. Win-Win means that agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial and satisfying."

Seek First to Understand, Then be Understood
"'Seek First to Understand' involves a very deep shift in paradigm. We typically seek first to be understood. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives."
Synergize (Synergise)
"Synergy works; it's a correct principle. It is the crowning achievement of all the previous habits. It is effectiveness in an interdependent reality - it is teamwork, team building, the development of unity and creativity with other human beings."

Sharpen the Saw

"This is the habit of renewal...It circles and embodies all the other habits. It is the habit of continuous improvement...that lifts you to new levels of understanding and living each of the habits."