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“But even though we get very mindful about the present year, which is a great, you know, that's a great attribute in the Choose FI community, we don't necessarily, as Stephen C. would say, like begin with an end in mind.”
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“So you get seven habits, you get first things first, read these books, they're very optimistic, they're all about self-actualization. If you've ever read these books, it's like, you figure out your roles in life, yeah.”
Speaker The Daily Stoic Cal Newport: Take The Pressure Off Productivity 2024-03-21 Listen at 1:32:03
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“Finally, Mike attributes the quotation 'do first things first and second things not at all' to Stephen Covey, author of the 1989 book 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.'”
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“so there are a gazillion different you know there's seven habits for highly effective people there's you know day planners there's getting things done there's tons of systems you can develop your own system”
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“Then I felt silly about being surprised; it actually came from an extraordinarily popular book called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, who was an interesting guy who I didn't really know very much about.”
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“You know, maybe this would help clarify The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People that we've been referring to—this is a book that Stephen Covey first published in 1989.”
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“like Robert Kiyosaki's got the cash flow quadrant and Stephen Covey's got the seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
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“and I really hope that people realize that even the books have been written about seven habits of successful people and I really believe that is a misnomer You never want to follow the habits of successful people You want to follow their thought process”