Seven Primal Principles Of Marginally Effective People
January 3rd 2008 16:54
I have read so many books that will help me improve, find my path, create my path, love, and in general empower me to become more effective and ‘all that I can be.’ Because, I detect, highly effective people (HEP) are what we all aspire to be. Yes?
I wonder, though, if we don’t leave something behind while investing time, energy, and focus on becoming as on top of our game as we can possibly become. In the spirit of that sense of wondering, I hope to ‘lower the bar’ by identifying seven primal values and principles of marginally effective people. Seven is the number often used, say the success gurus, because that is the number that will not bore us but will not over-stimulate us.
1. Other people are objects. Thusly, they are either a barrier to or a vehicle toward an identified goal.
2. Goals are constructs that we create to a)move us from point A to point B, or b)make us feel bad because we have not lived up to our expectations.
3. Expectations are things that make it more difficult to have heart to heart relationships and communication with other people.
4. Communication is often expressed more genuinely through the way that we are than in the things that we say.
5. Flatulence is not usually communication. Some people, though, become extremely offended when such air is passed. As if it is a personal communication.
6. Air is important, individually and collectively.
7. We may be social creatures, but when we disallow solitude in our lives we then increase the likelihood of other people being mere objects to us (see principle #1).
With this awareness, may your attitudes be adjusted and your actions render you at least marginally effective. 2008 can only be way cool!
I wonder, though, if we don’t leave something behind while investing time, energy, and focus on becoming as on top of our game as we can possibly become. In the spirit of that sense of wondering, I hope to ‘lower the bar’ by identifying seven primal values and principles of marginally effective people. Seven is the number often used, say the success gurus, because that is the number that will not bore us but will not over-stimulate us.
1. Other people are objects. Thusly, they are either a barrier to or a vehicle toward an identified goal.
2. Goals are constructs that we create to a)move us from point A to point B, or b)make us feel bad because we have not lived up to our expectations.
3. Expectations are things that make it more difficult to have heart to heart relationships and communication with other people.
4. Communication is often expressed more genuinely through the way that we are than in the things that we say.
5. Flatulence is not usually communication. Some people, though, become extremely offended when such air is passed. As if it is a personal communication.
6. Air is important, individually and collectively.
7. We may be social creatures, but when we disallow solitude in our lives we then increase the likelihood of other people being mere objects to us (see principle #1).
With this awareness, may your attitudes be adjusted and your actions render you at least marginally effective. 2008 can only be way cool!
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Love the list! Particularly no. 6.
One of my old bosses once gave me the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book. Yet, ironically, I never got the time to read it!
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