Journal Entry 2: Habit 2 and 3

Reflective Journal 2: Habit 2 & 3

Student Name

Professor Litterello

BUSX- 460 – Internship: Marketing & Communication department - Company Sandd

Journal #2 – Habit 2

6/15/17

HABIT 2- “Begin With The End In Mind”

“Begin with the end in mind” is based on the principle that all things are created twice. The first creation is also called the mental creation and the second creation is also called the physical creation. For example you can look at the creation for a house. Before you are building it you need to create a blueprint with every detail on it. It is important to know where you are going before you are going somewhere. Habit 2 is based on principles of personal leadership, which means that leadership is the first creation. Leadership is not management. Management is the second creation, which is Habit 3. Habit 2 makes you think where you want to go with what you are doing. This could be in your company but also on personal level. If your ladder is not leading against the right wall, every step you take gets you to the wrong place faster.

Habit 1 says “you are the creator” and Habit 2 is the first creation.

Personal Mission Statement

A good way to incorporate Habit 2 into your life is to make a Personal Mission Statement. It focuses on what you want to be and what you want to do. It is your own plan for success. In order to write a personal mission statement, we must begin at the very center of our Circle of Influence. Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power. These four factor are interdependent. Security and clear guidance bring true wisdom and wisdom becomes to spark to direct power. Even don’t we don’t always recognize it everyone has a center. In the figure beneath you can see the alternative centers.

Personally, I think I am at the moment pleasure- centered and a little bit friend-centered.

As you can See in the Table beneath I focus on what gives me pleasure but also what other people think about me. I do believe that this center can change during the years. I cannot say how it will change but the direction that I would like to see it go is Family- centered.

Center	Security	Guidance	Wisdom	Power
Pleasure-Centered	· You feel secure only when you’re on a pleasure “high” · Your security is short-lived, anesthetizing, and dependent on your environment	· You make your decisions based on what will give you most pleasure.	· You see the world of what’s in it for you	· Your power is almost negligible
Friend- centered	· Your security is a function of the social mirror. · You are highly dependent on the opinions of others.	· Your decision-making is “what will they think?” · You are easily embarrassed.	· You see the world through a social lens.	· You are limited by your social comfort zone. · Your actions are as fickle as opinion

How can I relate this to my Internship

I have been working for about 2 weeks now at the Company Sandd and I have been talking to quite a few employees. Today one of them told us he was leaving the company. He is an extern employee and was working for a new design for our website. The reason that he decided not to extend his contract is because he said he was not making the process he wanted to make. He told me that some people higher up in the company were directing him in the wrong direction, and of course this translated in a big delay. I told him that I was reading Stephen Covey’s book and ask him if he thought this was an example of “a ladder that was not leading against the right wall” and he told me “exactly”.

Another personal example is when I changed my vision when I was about 16 years old. At a young age I managed to be in the top 3 of my age category in the tennis competition. My vision was to become the new “Serena Williams”, I was going to be the new number 1. As I grew up, it became more and more realistic that I was not good enough to reach the top. I did believe and I still believe that if I did everything I could I would have been a good player but number 1 was a step to far. I thought by myself where do I want to go from here with my tennis and I decided I did not want to become a fulltime tennis player, instead I wanted to go to the USA. So I changed the destination of my ladder from a fulltime tennis player to becoming a student- athlete.

About my career, there is still work to do. I am still not sure where I want to go from here and there are various issues that make my decision even harder.

HABIT 3- “Put First Things First”

Covey starts off this chapter with the following questions:

Question 1. What one thing could you do (something you aren’t doing now)that, if you did it on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your personal life?

Question 2. What one thing in your business or professional life would bring similar results?

The first thing that comes to my mind for question 1 is Yoga. This will make me more flexible and will make me more relaxed. The reason I don’t do it is because I am too lazy and I just don’t like it enough, but I know it is good for me.

For question 2 I am thinking about making a schedule in the beginning of the day of the things you want to fulfill. Habit 3 instructs us to think of our end goal and take action.

When learning how to take action the following are important:

· Difference between urgent and important tasks

· Identify how effective people manage their time

· Learning how to say no in a polite way

Difference Between Urgent And Important

The difference between urgent and important is that with a urgent matter it requires immediate attention. For example a phone ringing is urgent. Urgent matters are usually visible. They press on us; they insist on action. Importance, on the other hand, has to do with results. If something is important, it contributes to your mission, your values, your high priority goals. Covey says that we have to think about what we are really gaining from each task. First things first, what are you gaining and what is really important, even if it is not urgent.

As a marketing intern, a lot of people ask me to do little tasks for them and I always say yes. I sometimes get caught up with little tasks that are more urgent than important. For example, sending emails and picking up phone calls. I forget that the important tasks is what brings me closer to my mission and goals. My mission is to find out what I like and do as many things here in the company. So far, I have been caught up with small unimportant tasks.

What Does It Take To Say “No”

You can’t ignore urgent and important activities, although it can save you time to prevent and prepare more important activities. To say “yes” to important priorities, you have to learn how to say “no” to other activities, sometimes apparently urgent things. There are always things you are saying no to things. There are pleasant ways to say no, when you are explaining the situation to the other person for example: I would really like to work on this, but tomorrow I have a big deadline that I need to make, is my help to you that important that it can’t wait?

Personally I have a really hard time saying no to things, or deciding. I always want to do everything and satisfy everyone. Although, it takes its toll I still do it. Learning to say no is a big improvement I can make in my personal and future career. I have to think about what the best situation is for myself and keep in mind that there are always thinks I am going to say no to.

Interview Sandd

Interview with Alice Maatman

· Sandd Mission statement:

“We are Sandd. The most enthusiastic and efficient mailing company of the Netherlands. Sandd wants only 1 thing: to deliver mail to the right front door. We can make it as easy as possible for you. This means that we will adapt all our products and services to your wishes. Hereby we contribute to your success.”

· History Of The Organization

Sandd started in Apeldoorn because of the efficient location between the interception of two highways

· Organizational Chart

· I am the manager of the Marketing department for about a month here now. The activities I do includes managing the marketing department, which exist of eleven people. I co-ordinate the marketing campaigns with sales activities and I am the connection between Sales and Marketing. Overall I am basically helping with everything and every day new small tasks will come my way and I help where I can help. Now I am focusing on stamps campaign, Sandd is starting to sell stamps as well and we are currently making a campaign to promote them. Since, Sandd normally works on a business- business base, this a different approach to business- consumer base.

· I fit as the connection between Sales and Marketing in the organization and that is also where I interact the most with.

References

Covey, S.R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: powerful lessons in personal

change. New York: Simon & Schuster.

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