If you find yourself stuck somewhere in life, unsatisfied. Yes, you probably are.
So the story goes…
Stephen Covey, the author of one of the most influential books on success, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, was once asked, “How did you come up with the ideas in The Seven Habits?”.
“I didn’t,” he responded.
“The principles were known long before me. They are more like natural laws. All I did was put them together, to synthesize them for people.”
What’s the takeaway?
See things as it is, not as what you wish it for. Especially when if you found yourself in a game called life where people literally dedicate their lives trying to figure out what the rules are.
To be ignorant of the ways of life means to throw away the rule books and say “Nah, I will violate this and that, and welcome the punishments.”
To be attentive to life is to respect the fact that we live in a society and we as a group of human beings have tendencies that matters.
For example, people tend to perform much better in an environment of support rather than suppression.
Knowing that. How would you choose to treat your peers when they mess up? And how would your inner voice talk to yourself when you let yourselves down?
People who work against the tendencies will find themselves trapped. They have two choices, one is to continue to live in a vacuum of their own head and hope things work out. The other is to simply recognize there are some natural laws they can experiment with. So, are you aware of the natural laws of life? What do you choose?
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The story is inspired by the book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey.
