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INDS 400 Discussion Board 1, Liberty University,
Spring 2021
Knowledge Synthesis for Professional and Personal Development (Liberty
University)
lOMoARcPSD|21126671
INDS 400 Discussion Board 1
Liberty University
Do you think Covey's approach to organizing your life is consistent with a Christian worldview?
Pick just one particular idea from what you have read this week or last and discuss that. Evaluate
whether it is consistent with a Christian worldview. Use citations from Covey and from
Scripture to support your point. You should not pick the entire reading as a topic; instead, pick
one specific portion or idea. For instance, you could talk about the dichotomy between
production and production capability or the idea of having a mission statement, but you wouldn't
want to assess an entire chapter and everything in it. Try not to pick something too obvious.
I chose to write about the Section entitled Between Stimulus and Response in Part 1 under
Habit No. 1 Proactive. Between stimulus and response is our greatest power—the freedom
to choose.
I found meaning in how Covey describes Frankl’s moment of enlightenment, the point at
which he realized that he did not have to let his circumstances define his reaction: “He
could decide within himself how all of this was going to affect him. Between what
happened to him, or the stimulus, and his response to it, was his freedom or power to
choose that response.” (Covey, 2013)
Frankl made a decision to change his response. He began to use the only thing he had left,
his mind. He began to use the power of visualization. “Frankl would project himself into
different circumstances, such as lecturing to his students after his release from the death
camps. He would describe himself in the classroom, in his mind’s eye, and give his
students the lessons he was learning during his very torture.” (Covey, 2013)
Covey goes on to explain how Frankl overcame his torture and imprisonment by visualizing
himself in the future, teaching his experiences to others, “principally using memory and
imagination—he exercised his small, embryonic freedom until it grew larger and larger,
until he had more freedom than his Nazi captors.” (Covey, 2013) After his imprisonment
ended Frankl was able to lift and inspire others with his story; which he expressed in the
international bestseller, Man's Search for Meaning. Wow. What a
powerful example of
success.
Numerous authors, self-help, and success gurus, including Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy,
Jim Rohn, Jack Canfield, claim that visualization is one of the most powerful meditation tools
for success. In fact, visualization has been a daily practice of highly successful men and
women all over the world.
“All top performers, regardless of profession, know the importance of picturing themselves
succeeding in their minds before they actually do in reality. Something I have been able to
translate over to the business arena from athletics is the power of visualization.”
(Mayberry, 2015)
“Brain studies now reveal that thoughts produce the same mental instructions as actions.
Mental imagery impacts many cognitive processes in the brain: motor control, attention,
perception, planning, and memory. So the brain is getting trained for actual performance
during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation,
increase confidence and self-efficacy, improve motor
performance, prime your brain for success, and increase states of flow—all relevant to
achieving your best life!” (Adams, 2009)
References:
Mayberry, M. (2015, January 30). The Extraordinary Power of Visualizing Success.
Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/242373
Ordonez, J. (2017, September 22). The Power Of Visualization And Christian
Meditation. Retrieved January 19, 2021, from
https://christaudio.com/blogs/christian-meditation/the-power-of- visualization-
and-christian-meditation
Adams, A. (2009, December 03). Seeing Is Believing: The Power of Visualization.
Retrieved January 19, 2021, from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/flourish/200912/seeing-is-believing-the-
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