Week 7 Entrepreneurship

• Which of the 7 habits has the most meaning for you?

I really appreciated the fifth habit, Seek first to understand and then to be understood. I am at a point in my life where some times I think I know everything. I do a lot of interrupting and I have had a few people get frustrated with me. Namely my husband.  We have not been communicating as well as we usually do. I am sure it is because I am going to school now and homeschooling my girls, so I am always busy and I don't have any time for him. 

I really need to learn to listen first and then try to be understood so that we can communicate better and clearly.  I have a tendency to avoid confrontations. Lately, a couple of women have hurt my feelings and instead of confronting them, I just avoid them altogether. If I had just tried to hear them out first, all this could have been avoided and we would still be friends. 

I really liked Steven Covey's quote, "Seeking to understand requires consideration, seeking to be understood takes courage."  I just don't feel very courageous. 

I also liked,  "Most people don’t listen with an intent to understand - they listen with the intent to reply." I can really try to be more conscious of this and work on it. 

• Why will the 7 habits help you fill your life with passion and purpose as you seek to achieve both a private and public victory?

If I can apply all 7 habits  to all areas of my life and be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put 1st things 1st, think win/win, understand and then be understood, synergize, and sharpen my saw, then I will no doubt be freer and happier. I would have to courage to take my schoolwork and my business to the next level if I knew what I wanted to do with it in the long run. I would be more organized instead of running around all day trying to accomplish everything rather than the important things. I believe that I would be happier and kinder to my children and not be so uptight when they don't want to focus on schoolwork.  I think I would be able to contribute more to my ward and be happier about being there.

“The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.” — David O. McKay