Week7: 7 Habits
This week I have learned about the 7 habits of highly effective people and out of the 7 t he fifth habit is one that has the most meaning to me. “First seek to understand, then to be understood.” I think this one thing that I would like to master as a person. I have learned previously that by listening to others then only are we able to know their concerns and how to come to their aids. We cannot be empathetic towards other when we have not sort to hear them out or now what they are going through. I think of this habit also as being slow to judging others until we know the entire story. Sadly, most time we fall short to this habit and are quick to conclude on matter with a half knowledge and that is not a good habit. People will only understand us when we have understood them. So, in other to be understood we must be willing to understand others. We can gain the trust of those when we hear them out and they knowing that we care to know their story and we are concerned about t...