Today I viewed the Lifelong Learning Tutorial and had a little deja vu. Four years ago I taught a required class for senior business majors at TU. The textbook that was used was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Sound familiar? If you've never read the book, the 7 habits are 1) Be Proactive 2)Begin With the End in Mind 3)Put First Things First 4)Think Win/Win 5)Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood 6)Synergize and 7)Sharpen the Saw. Not only is the 2nd habit identical to the 1st habit of 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners but others are similar as well. Cooincidence, copycat, or model? You decide. To me it doesn't really matter if there is a little copycat going on because the concepts makes sense. When you think about it, you really need to be a lifelong learner to be a highly effective person!
The easiest habits for me are Habits 7 and 7 1/2...teaching and playing! The most difficult are probably Habits 1 and 3...goal setting and viewing problems as challenges.
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I love it when something you learn in one venue comes into play in another! It really helps things to stick, and to also realize that maybe "they" are onto something!
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