“From Effectiveness To Greatness”
On February 12, 2007, I initiated an informal study group to challenge great people like us to explore the book, THE 8TH HABIT, by Mr. Stephen R. Covey. “From Effectiveness To Greatness,” is the subtitle of THE 8TH HABIT. Diligently mining this book for the nuggets of knowledge hidden between its covers has already rewarded me in unexpected ways.
The wisdom gained from the profound contents of Mr. Covey’s insightful books has proven to be invaluable to me once it became powerful enough to inspire me to apply it to my own life. Reading to learn has played a major role in the subsequent empowerment of my God-given ability to be “more than a conqueror” as I overcome the side effects of an extended series of sunny-side-down days that tested my faith in God beyond belief.
Mr. Covey is also the author of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People and Principled Centered Leadership. “Sharpening The Saw” is one of the 7 habits covered that reinforces the need for to constantly upgrade our personal and professional skill sets both inside and outside the classrooms of our own choosing. The ever-evolving educational process didn’t stop when we graduated from high school, college, or grad school. Our love of reading and learning new things keeps feeding that internal desire to seek the wisdom needed to become insightful teachers to the next generation of leaders.
God willing, our journey, from “effectiveness to greatness.” will enable each of us to leave a lasting impression on the lives of the great men, women, and children still living impoverished lives due to a plethora of adverse circumstances beyond their reasonable control. Only God knows what will happen to strengthen the localized economies of humanity’s global village once enough of the right people are repeatedly denied their right to fundamentally fair treatment by both employers and the courts. Am I the only one who believes that the money a person has matters more than the merits of a person legal case? If you agree, or disagree, let me know.
In a globalized economy, a perceived threat to social justice anywhere will remain a clear and present danger to “equal justice under law” everywhere the sun rises and sets on the same person twice. Only God knows when the knowledge acquired will make our insightful souls powerful enough to ensure “social justice” doesn’t become yet another unredeemable reality check that keeps bouncing for all the wrong reasons. Only God knows if our children’s children will also have to bear the burden of carrying around the same insufficiently funded promissory note that’s still making the idealistic phrase “equal justice under law” an unrealistic goal for one too many poor people.
Reading the rest of what inspired Monday’s brief excerpt from THE 8TH HABIT gives me hope that the health and well-being of our children’s children will not have to suffer the same unduly burdensome set of debilitating, humiliating circumstances that are still creating crosses God never intended for poor people to bear alone. Hopefully, attempting to answer the question, “When Does Knowledge Become Powerful?” that was posted yesterday provoked enough thought to inspire insightful leaders like you to take a closer look at what one too many of us just blindly accepted as the truth.
Can it be that knowledge only becomes powerful in the hands of an insightful person who has finally found their voice and now feels inspired to encourage others find their voices? Inspiring each of you to find your voice is the primary reason why this particular website exists. Only God knows how long it will take for those of us, who honestly believe we’re destined to achieve greatness to acquire the insight needed to transcend the benchmark of effectiveness until we achieve greatness.
God willing, the insight we’ll share between now and December 31, 2007 will inspire great people like you to engage our critically thinking souls in some healthy, objective dialogue as we choose to actively participate in the shaping of our history. God willing, the insightful people we’ll become will make each of us powerful enough to shift a few petrified paradigms that are standing in the way of all who choose to lead the way. God willing, we’ll dive into our discussion about the difference between a “scarcity mentality” and an “abundance mentality” by Friday of next week.
In closing, can such a culturally diverse group as ours learn to laugh with each other about our great weaknesses as great people like us choose to believe we’re destined to achieve great things? Despite the diversity of our personal preferences and the beauty of our cultural differences, can our blended, extended family members learn how to love unconditionally? Can we maintain our effectiveness while learning to live, love, and lead by example like Jesus Christ did and still be able to encourage each other to keep practicing our excellence together until we achieve greatness? I hope so. Are you willing to try? Great. I thought so.
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