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Sunday, June 1, 2008

First Things First

Nearly 10 years ago, during my first years of college, one of the textbooks that were assigned to me for a class was #1 bestseller: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey. I cannot claim to remember all the lessons that are in the textbook. However, I still remember being in that class, and it was a tremendous educational experience.

Early Sunday morning, while I was doing some research for an Organizational Development class, I came across Covey's name. As curious as I can ever be when I am online, I decided to check if, at least, someone has posted a video about Covey's teachings on (guess where else...) the famous YOUTUBE. You know how it is, this kind of videos is not the most popular one on YouTube; but I was happy to find this one about a practical life lesson. Let me share it with you.

It is not as sensational as a "Soulja Boyz" video, but I believe it has a powerful message in it. So often we forget about our priorities in life for just a few seconds, and that creates major problems. Watching this video got me thinking in depth. I hope you will learn something from it too.

Enjoy and send your comments.

G. Moyiz




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8LM4C1l70U

5 comments:

Pascale FD said...

great video! We tend to forget what's really important, don't we?

Anonymous said...

Very insightful; however, did she really needs all that small things after being filled with all the important things in life. My opinion, once you priorities the rest is details.

Natividad said...

I am really impressed with the video and I also I dentify myself with the book and even the class you took back in those days since I used to be your class mate.

G. Moyiz said...

Thank you Nati for your comments. I still have that book and read a few passaes every now an then. It's a book of great lessons.

Anonymous said...

Hey Gary,the history is really intersting but unfortunately the video is no longer available.
I think it's very insightful to put important things first in life. Dixy