Jun 28, 2025
How will you know when you get there?
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How will you know when you get there?
The end vs. the beginning
If the end in mind is too big to tackle, focus instead on the tiniest first step.
One of the essential habits in Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is #2: “Begin with the end in mind.” The premise behind this habit is that before starting something—a career, a hobby, a marriage, a life—you should project yourself into the future. By doing so, whether three years or five (or even all the way to your 80th birthday), you can lay out a map for how you want to…
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Your dying day
We are all mortal, which means all of us will die someday. That’s obvious. But there are a few questions we don’t know the answer to, such as… How long will that be? How miserable will our dying be? But there are some other, less depressing questions we can ask as well. And they happen to be questions we can answer on a daily basis… How did I make life less difficult for others? How did I…
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Deeply important
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What's it for?
What’s it for?
A great question I learned from Seth Godin is asking: what’s it for? The book you’re buying—what’s it for? That certification you’re trying to earn—what’s it for? Is it the credibility that goes with having read this or obtained that? If so, that’s just a signaling strategy—though possibly a necessary one. What about going to medical school and getting an MD—what’s that for? Is it to get the…
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The long-term
Cultural norms drive us to seek obvious, visual achievement in the short-term: we are encouraged to show off and look successful. But looks can be deceiving; it doesn’t mean that what is being done is right simply because it is a cultural norm.
It requires bravery and discipline to focus on the long-term at the expense of obvious results in the short-term. You cannot focus on what you want now…
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Success Habit 2 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Success Habit 2 – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
In running my own businesses I sort of got into a certain groove where I was easily taking on customers and sales were increasing. Sometimes I would end of working 7 days a week and other times I would work 20 hours a week. In all this time I didn’t really get the sense of satisfaction of arriving somewhere, it seemed I was always preoccupied with getting more customers. And at the same time…
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[EF#33] What Would You Be Ten Years From Now
[EF#33] What Would You Be Ten Years From Now
Ten Years From Now – what would you be? That is today’s English Friday Challenge from Blog English Club. Inspired from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the author taking us to go to the future.
Read also: Begin With The End of Mind (Habit #2 in Indonesian)
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Well, I really love the theme because I really love the book itself. I even rewrite with my own words…
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