Question

Discussion:

The Strategy of Cultivating Interdependence

All of life is an opportunity to think, relate, and work strategically. However, most people do not really think well, and they certainly do not think strategically by nature.  This IS something that can be learned!

In Covey's chapter on "Paradigms of Interdependence," he talks about the "Emotional Bank Account" that we have in our relationship with others, and he identifies "Six Major Deposits" that we can make into this emotional bank account by our actions, behaviors, and habits toward others. (Of course, we can also make "withdrawals" too.)

As you read about these deposits or withdrawals from our emotional bank accounts with others, it seems like "common sense," though this work is based upon solid research too. However, these behaviors are not as "common" as one would wish, which accounts for the interpersonal difficulties that plague our individual lives and the organizations in which we work.

Questions:

1) Do you really believe a person can retrain their thinking so that they learn to think more strategically and effectively as a habit of thought and life?

2) How would one go about learning how to think more strategically and training themselves actually to do so?

3) Do you really believe a person can learn new skills and behaviors in their interpersonal relationships so that over time they can dramatically improve their relationship with everyone important in their life?

4) How could one go about learning how to make Covey's six major deposits into others' emotional bank accounts? What could one do to make these deposits on a regular, reflexive, habitual basis?

Answer 1

Answer : 1

Yes, we do believe that a person can retrain his thinking so that he can learn to think more strategically and effectively as a habit of thought and life.

A person can retain his thinking; because a person has the thought process which is common throughout his life and it generally does not vary much. It vary slightly 10% to15%. But most of the thought process remains to be the same for an individual person.

It is essential for a person to learn on thinking strategically and effectively because thinking strategically and effectively is required to achieve the desired result in the life of an individual. A strategic and effective thinking is must for a person in order to have meaningful initiatives for the life of an individual.

If an individual makes a habit of thinking strategically and effectively, then it will be very useful for his life, because this thinking skill will help him to have meaningful thought process for his life and he can thought right initiatives which are based on strategic and effective intents and makes a useful impact in the life. Developing a habit of strategic and effective thinking is the base for great achievements in the life of an individual.

So it is essential to develop a thinking habit, which is based on strategic and effective intent. This habit will result in developing the though process of the individual and will be useful to advance adequately in the life of an individual.

During this learning process, the basic thinking process will be retained, but only changes will be that the original thinking process will improved for strategic and effective thinking intents. Thus the improved thinking process will be the combination of original thinking process and addition of new skills in thought process. Thus the original thinking process will be retained but with additional of skill on thinking strategically and effectively.