One’s Good For Time The Other’s Good For People

This is a distinction that is made in Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. He tells us that we can be “efficient” with time and tasks but that we need to focus on being “EFFECTIVE” with people. Covey goes to state, “While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.”

It is possible to be efficient with our relationships and yet be totally ineffective at the same time. Let’s face the facts, relationships can be messy and yes, they require us to be “FULLY PRESENT” – body, mind, spirit to make this relationship effective.

Now that we are experiencing a national quarantine, instead of scrolling our technology, use it to stay connected in effective ways. For example, my wife and I are using ZOOM to tele-talk with our children and grand-children.

This is a great time to establish new relationship habits.

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