A New Skill, a New Mindset, a New Habit?
Yes, I’m getting caught up on my reading…. here’s an excerpt from another great article that shouldn’t be missed if you want to change your financial future .
Please leave a comment about new skills you’ve acquired recently, and how it made you feel…. 
Have You Found Your Voice? by Stephen Covey
The world, however, is a vastly different place than when Covey wrote his ground breaking book in 1989. The challenges and complexities we all face today are of a different magnitude. Being effective as individuals and organizations is no longer an option— survival in today’s world requires a new mindset, a new skill set and a new habit . It is what Covey calls ‘The 8th Habit’—the answer to the soul’s yearning for greatness and humanity’s search for its voice.
SUCCESS recently talked with Stephen Covey about his book, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness , his ties to the direct selling industry and how everyone, regardless of business background, can find their true voice while inspiring others to find theirs.
SUCCESS: Was there a particular spark that ignited your decision to write The 8th Habit?
SC: Well, I think the key thing that caused me to get into this material was an awareness that came about five or six years ago of how the shift from the industrial age to the knowledge worker economy has become so profound. The world has changed drastically since The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was published in 1989. Being effective as individuals and organizations is no longer enough in today’s world. In this new “Knowledge Worker Age,” people will be required to build on and reach beyond effectiveness . The call for this new age is for greatness and a longing to gain fulfillment, experience passion and to contribute to society. Getting access to these higher levels of human genius and motivation requires a new mindset, a new skill set, a new tool set; essentially an entirely new habit. The 8th Habit is about finding your voice while inspiring others to find theirs.
SUCCESS: You spent years of research in preparation for The 8th Habit. Can you tell us a little about the fact gathering process that led you to your findings?
SC: For instance, I found that throughout most of the 20th century, only 20 to 30 percent of the value added goods and services came from knowledge work. Today, it’s 70 to 80 percent. This points to the absolute necessity to get out of the industrial age practices, which suppress the release of human potential, and into the “Knowledge Worker Age” that unleashes and realizes the greatness of human potential . We also gathered all kinds of data on how alienated most people are in their job environments and how much compartmentalization and lack of trust there is, how disempowered and frustrated people are.
Read the rest of the article here….
Until next time, J.
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