The 8th Habit: The voice of trustworthiness

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Chapter 8* is about modeling character and competence. There are three types of competence: technical, conceptual, and interdependency. Covey's types of competence are in line with Chickering & Reisser's physical/manual, intellectual, and interpersonal competence ("the three-pronged pitchfork").

• Technical (physical/manual): skill and knowledge to do particular tasks
• Conceptual (intellectual): see the big picture, strategically/systematically/tactically relate things to one another
  
• Interdependency (interpersonal): all people rely on others
  

Covey suggests that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® are the best way to model character, or itegrity, maturity, and the Abundance Mentality because they are based on universal, timeless, and self-evident principles. He also discusses how a personal planning system can be a modeling tool, if you following the planning productivity process:

• Identify mission & values
  
• Set goals
  
• Plan weekly
  
• Plan daily
  

Report Results
In general, modeling character and competence is something I think and hope I do very well. This is a big focus we try to teach the orientation staff too, it is a major part of role modeling.

I am also enjoying re-reading the 7 Habits® while working through the 8th Habit Challenge. This chapter was a good overview and brief refresher of the content, but I enjoy reading the books concurrently and completing the 7 Habits Personal Workbook as well.

I've downloaded the free trial FranklinCovey PlanPlus software for Outlook offered in the book, and am going to try to utilize it to productively plan my weeks better. I used to use a paper FranklinCovey planner, and think I've lost some of the First Things First time management skills since I've went all-digital.

*from Stephen Covey's The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness as part of the 8th Habit Challenge

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What Pattern Are You?

Personal pledge

I pledge to actively work towards a more socially and environmentaly responsible world.
I vow to help create a more equitable world, free of prejudice, discrimination and oppression. I also promise to take action to protect the environment and the earth's resources for future generations.
I will continue to honor these words in my career, relationships, and all other pursuits, and encourage others to embrace this message as well.

- adapted from University of Michigan Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning and Department of Social Work, Humboldt State University.

Quiz of the Day: Which of the Greek gods are you?

Morpheus

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Bourbon You're 120 proof, with specific scores in beer (60) , wine (116), and liquor (78).

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How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 30% on proof You scored higher than 82% on beer index You scored higher than 97% on wine index You scored higher than 85% on liquor index

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The 8th Habit: The voice of influence

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Chapter 7* relates how you can serve as a small trim-tab that "steers" a larger organization. The chapter also opens with one of my favorite Gandhi quotes (which you can see at the bottom of each page of this Blog) that is all about modeling.

Covey uses Greek philosophy of influence to explain how a leader can model, which includes Habit 5®:

• Ethos: model trustworthiness = trust
  
• Pathos: seek first to understand
  
• Logos: then to be understood
  

Report Results
I really connected with the levels of initiative/self-empowerment Covey presented in this chapter. I see myself taking on the different levels with various demands in my work & personal life ("wait until told," "ask," "do it and report," "do it"). I also am hoping to model more for the people I supervise so they can work towards higher levels of initiative & self-empowerment.

I have also made an effort to avoid the "5 cancerous behaviors" of criticising, complaining, comparing, competing, and contending. I can see an immediate difference in my outlook and other's attitudes when these behaviors are avoided.

*from Stephen Covey's The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness as part of the 8th Habit Challenge

Quiz of the Day: Which anime character are you?

You're A Yaoi Boi (Gay Boy)!
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Quiz of the Day: Which Finding Nemo charecter are you?

You're GILL, the smart fish with sights on success.
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ACPA

81st Annual ACPA Convention: April 2-5, 2005

I'm attending ACPA in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. It is a fabulous location that has exceeded my expectations! Having a great time reconnecting with colleagues from grad school/BGSU, Oberlin, and U. Toledo, and looking forward to the educational sessions tomorrow and Tues.