Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Seek first to understand, then to be understood)

Seek first to understand, then to be understood
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"Diagnose before you prescribe."
What I think this means is, you should be good listener and learn what things are about before you start teaching other people. This is a great message because it shows how you should learn to be taught before teaching. I could remember a time when my coach told the whole team and said " I know you can play, anyone can play. It's a matter if you can understand the process". In many ways I seek first to understand when I am at school learning how to do something like an essay. Now that I know how to do an essay I can now teach people the basic structure of an essay. Some people like it the easy way. For example, when students talk during class then, when it comes to the test they don't know anything. They will often cheat on that test. I always want to learn because it gives me a greater chance to go to college. All in all what this means is just to listen first. I remember a great saying that everyone uses "Don't judge a book by it's cover". This means people need to get to know someone before they judge them. 

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