Covey claims that these principles are self-evident and endure in most religious, social, and ethical systems. The “Character Ethic” is based upon a series of principles. What we are says far more than what we say or do. Yet, these were just shallow, quick successes, overlooking the deeper principles of life.Ĭovey argues it’s your character that needs to be cultivated to achieve sustainable success, not your personality. However, after the war, there was a shift to what Covey refers to as the “Personality Ethic.” Here, success was attributed as a function of personality, public image, behaviors, and skills. This included characteristics such as humility, fidelity, integrity, courage, and justice. It was here that he noticed a stark historical contrast between two types of success.īefore the First World War, success was attributed to ethics of character. In an attempt to understand why, he read several self-improvement, self-help, and popular psychology books written over the past 200 years. When we start to pay attention to our personal bank accounts and how much is in (or not in) them, we can make the necessary changes, and deposits, to be who we want to be and do what we want to do.During his 25 years of working with successful individuals in business, universities, and relationship settings, Stephen Covey discovered that high-achievers were often plagued with a sense of emptiness. Some ways to make more deposits in our personal bank accounts is to keep promises to ourselves, help others around us, forgive ourselves, be honest, find ways to renew and refresh ourselves, and work on our talents and use them to help others. If our personal bank account is low, WE, each of us, have the power to change that through daily small, determined, and humble decisions. Some symptoms of a healthy personal bank account: You stand up for yourself and resist peer pressure you’re not terribly concerned with being popular you see life in a positive way you trust yourself you set and work toward goals you are happy when others succeed. Some symptoms of a low personal bank account: You cave in to peer pressure easily you struggle with feelings of worthlessness and inferiority you’re overly concerned with what others think of you you act arrogant to hide your insecurities you self-destruct by getting into drugs, pornography, vandalism or gangs you get jealous easily. He asks: “How is your personal bank account? How much trust and confidence do you have in yourself? Are you loaded or bankrupt?” Just like at a regular bank, you can make deposits in and take withdrawals out of your personal bank account by the things you “think, say, and do.” Sean Covey teaches how we feel about ourselves is like a bank account, a personal bank account. We just have to make the decision to be who we’re made to be. The truth is, everyone is capable of greatness. One of our biggest stumbling blocks from achieving greatness is ourselves.Īrnold Bennett said “ The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort–he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.” We are often our own worst enemy and get in our own way. All change begins with you.” He goes on to talk about the importance of commitment and effort. Sean Covey states “ Before you’ll ever win in the public arenas of life, you must first win the private battles within yourself. In an earlier post, we talked about the importance of the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” in the Triumph program and why we’re highlighting various aspects of the book. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens–Personal bank accounts
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