Todd Davis
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Your listeners that are taking time out of their busy schedules to learn, because they learn from Brian all the time, they're investing in themselves, not because they're selfish, but because by doing so, they can do that much more for everybody else. So that was the Reader's Digest condensed version of the seven habits.
Your listeners that are taking time out of their busy schedules to learn, because they learn from Brian all the time, they're investing in themselves, not because they're selfish, but because by doing so, they can do that much more for everybody else. So that was the Reader's Digest condensed version of the seven habits.
And each decade or so that we reimagine it, we don't change the habits or the principles, but the applications, we update them based on life's current situations. Sorry to take so much time. No, that was perfect.
And each decade or so that we reimagine it, we don't change the habits or the principles, but the applications, we update them based on life's current situations. Sorry to take so much time. No, that was perfect.
And each decade or so that we reimagine it, we don't change the habits or the principles, but the applications, we update them based on life's current situations. Sorry to take so much time. No, that was perfect.
Well, you know, Ryan, that's a really good point. And they are copycats, but Stephen said he was a copycat. And let me clarify, Stephen made the point all the time. He did not invent the seven habits. What he did was. And I had the great honor of working with him for many years before he passed away about 12 years ago.
Well, you know, Ryan, that's a really good point. And they are copycats, but Stephen said he was a copycat. And let me clarify, Stephen made the point all the time. He did not invent the seven habits. What he did was. And I had the great honor of working with him for many years before he passed away about 12 years ago.
Well, you know, Ryan, that's a really good point. And they are copycats, but Stephen said he was a copycat. And let me clarify, Stephen made the point all the time. He did not invent the seven habits. What he did was. And I had the great honor of working with him for many years before he passed away about 12 years ago.
But he clarified what he did was he identified those people and those teams and those organizations that seemed to continually be getting ahead in a good way, getting the results they sought to get.
But he clarified what he did was he identified those people and those teams and those organizations that seemed to continually be getting ahead in a good way, getting the results they sought to get.
But he clarified what he did was he identified those people and those teams and those organizations that seemed to continually be getting ahead in a good way, getting the results they sought to get.
And he studied what they did on a consistent basis, and then identified those principles that had always been at work, but that, you know, he just identified them, named them as habits, and put them in a construct that we could talk about them and start to implement them in our lives. So he even made the comment that he didn't invent them, he discovered them.
And he studied what they did on a consistent basis, and then identified those principles that had always been at work, but that, you know, he just identified them, named them as habits, and put them in a construct that we could talk about them and start to implement them in our lives. So he even made the comment that he didn't invent them, he discovered them.
And he studied what they did on a consistent basis, and then identified those principles that had always been at work, but that, you know, he just identified them, named them as habits, and put them in a construct that we could talk about them and start to implement them in our lives. So he even made the comment that he didn't invent them, he discovered them.
And so I think all of the iterations that different people use, they are just yet different ways to look at these lifelong principles that will always be in effect. Yeah.
And so I think all of the iterations that different people use, they are just yet different ways to look at these lifelong principles that will always be in effect. Yeah.
And so I think all of the iterations that different people use, they are just yet different ways to look at these lifelong principles that will always be in effect. Yeah.
I couldn't agree more. I will be asked often in the leadership space, we've been in for 40 years now, Frank McCovey's been around for 40 years, and I will be asked often, so what habits are most critical for a leader? Well, after saying all of them, for me, if I had to whittle it down, it would be habit one for all the reasons you just said. coupled with habit five.
I couldn't agree more. I will be asked often in the leadership space, we've been in for 40 years now, Frank McCovey's been around for 40 years, and I will be asked often, so what habits are most critical for a leader? Well, after saying all of them, for me, if I had to whittle it down, it would be habit one for all the reasons you just said. coupled with habit five.
I couldn't agree more. I will be asked often in the leadership space, we've been in for 40 years now, Frank McCovey's been around for 40 years, and I will be asked often, so what habits are most critical for a leader? Well, after saying all of them, for me, if I had to whittle it down, it would be habit one for all the reasons you just said. coupled with habit five.