Begin With The End In Mind

A sharing of good read from Stephen R. Covey. Recently re-read his "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", a very good self review, reflect and refresh. I strongly encourage everyone should have a read, re-read and re-read again at different stages of life ^^

On habit 2, he touched on to begin with the end in mind. Most of the time, we are busy with self, family, career, society. We might be efficient but still not achieving what we want in life, we will only be effective to begin with the image of the end of our life by which everything else is measured.

We sometimes confuse on "doing things right or doing right things?" Some said the educated ones think too much and playing with words. I believe learning has to be humble, and I believe is always a reason why these words place differently. I suggest to digest this again and again at different stages of life, some words placing can make huge different. But if we really can't understand it, just make sure we do right things right ^^ The phrase look simple yet deep, can't tell which must come first. Every simplicity is behind a complex design, every complexity started with a simple idea, to measure which come first or more important, hands on will tell which needed alignment.

Here how the two Guru explained it in an easy understanding way ^^

"Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; Leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall." - Stephen Covey