the 8th habit by stephen r. covey

The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey

Habit 8:

Find Your Voice

&

Inspire Others to Find Theirs

Passion

Talent

Need

Conscience

VOICE

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”

~Albert Einstein

The Power of a Paradigm

The old paradigm that many organizations still abide by, is that human beings are things that need to be managed, motivated, and controlled. Look at history and industrialization!

The Industrial Paradigm

When you treat someone like a thing (micromanage), you prevent them from finding their voice and unlocking their true potential.

The Industrial Paradigm

The Whole Person Paradigm says that human beings are four dimensional: body, mind, heart, and spirit.

The Whole Person Paradigm

The Whole Person Paradigm

Mind

Spirit

Heart

Body

People make choices. Consciously or subconsciously, people decide how much of themselves they will give to their work depending on how they are treated and on their opportunities to use all four parts of their nature (p. 22)

The Whole Person Paradigm

Rebel or QuitMalicious obedience

Willing complianceCheerful cooperation

Heartfelt commitmentCreative Excitement

Task: Work in your groups and come up with some scenarios that would cause you to react in one of the following ways:

The Whole Person Paradigm

Rebel or QuitMalicious obedience

Willing complianceCheerful cooperation

Heartfelt commitmentCreative Excitement

Task 2: Work within your group to develop a contract for working together that will allow you to succeed within the Whole Person Paradigm.

(Mind + Body + Heart + Spirit = Success!)

We will respect each other’s minds by __________.

We will inspire each other’s hearts by __________.

We will avoid having member’s rebel or quit by __________.

Etc.

The Whole Person Paradigm

Most of the great cultural shifts - ones that have built great organizations that sustain long-term growth, prosperity and contribution to the world - started with the choice of one person.

Someone who changed themselves from the inside out.

Two choices: The Path to Mediocrity and the Path to Greatness. (p. 28)

We have the power to choose, and it’s never too late.

The Whole Person Paradigm

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.”

~Robert Frost

The Whole Person Paradigm

The 8th Habit Assignment• Community Service Project Proposals are due July 19th.

• Define the issue or problem- what are the causes, what is being done about it, what still needs to be done.

• Describe your solution- create a small yet effective project that addresses the issue and contributes some part to what is already being done or what still needs to be done about it.

• Listen to your conscience: What are your passions, what are your talents? Use those to meet a need!