Part 1 Paradigms and Principles
The 7 habits an overview
Words
1.imbed(embed)
Breaking deeply imbeded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfisheness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little willpower and a few minor changes in our lives.
if ideas, attitudes, or feelings etc are embedded, you believe or feel them
very strongly:
?例： Feelings of guilt are deeply
embedded in her personality.
造句：Integrity is deeply embedded in her character.
2.acute/??kju?t/
But the acute problem of that world can easily obscure the charater causes.
an acute problem is very serious
used about an illness, problem, or situation that has become very serious or dangerous, and needs to be
例:The housing shortage is more acute than first thought.
造句:The shortage of skilled workers is acute.
3.have second thoughts (about something) phrase
But as he starts to throw the egg aside, he has secongd thoughts and takes it in to be praised instead.
to begin to doubt a decision that you have
already made
例:I think she’s having second
thoughts about leaving London
造句:I had second thoughts about choosing the expensive one.
4.dwindle/?dw?ndl/
And the dwindleing captical becomes smaller and smaller until it no longer supplies even basic needs.
to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller: especially numbers or amounts, popularity, or importance:
例:The elephant population is dwindling.
造句:Support for the idea is dwindling.
5.wind up/wa?nd/
It's a principle you can see validated in your own life when you burn the candle at both ends to get more golden eggs and wind up sick or exhausted, unable to procuce any at all
[linking verb] informal to be in an unpleasant situation or place after
a lot has happened
同義： ?
end up
? ?wind up in/at/with/doing sth
例:You know you’re going to wind up in
court over this.
造句:The party reluctantly wind up with a fight.
Summary
Thoughts
Habits defined: knowledge, desire,skill
我們從各個渠道聽說過習慣的力量多么強大，好的習慣是成功的基石。那習慣到底是如何形成的胞锰？
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a charater; sow a character, reap a destiny."
首先要靠知識(knowledge)認識到自己需要改變：what to do. 然后給自己一個足夠強大的動機(desire): Why to do.最后要去實踐起來(skill):How to do.而開始這關鍵的一步只能是你自己邁出厨姚，因為其他人不可能喚醒一只裝睡的獅子。
No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened form the inside
Effectiveness & P/PC Balance
書中反復提到一句話
The P/PC balance is the very essence of effectiveness.
P是what is produced也就是想要的結果是什么猎醇，PC是producing capacity生產力
書里用了一個很形象的比喻窥突，P就是金蛋，PC就是下蛋的鵝姑食。而人們經常為了能盡快拿到金蛋不擇手段波岛，最后變成殺鵝取卵。所以這里的effetiveness不僅是效用最大化音半，更是一種可持續(xù)發(fā)展的狀態(tài)则拷。就像昨天說的No step can be skipped. 只有一步一個腳印，遵循投入和產生的自然規(guī)律曹鸠，才能持續(xù)得到想要的結果煌茬。
在教育孩子時也是適用的。比如想讓孩子收拾好房間彻桃，此時收拾房間是P,孩子是PC.如果家長想立竿見影的看到整潔的房子坛善，他會不停對孩子嘮叨，甚至對孩子大吼大叫。孩子趨于父母的威懾可能會馬上行動眠屎，可是代價卻是孩子和父母間的關系變得疏遠了剔交。
