Covey teaches self-help through principles

Covey teaches self-help through principles

David Kennedy, Contributor, Jakarta

d_kenn@yahoo.com

Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of a series of best-selling self-
help and management books including The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People does not always practice what he preaches.

Illustrating the importance of listening in being effective,
the 71-year-old management training guru recently told The
Jakarta Post: "You have two ears, two eyes and one mouth. You
should only speak 20 percent (of the time)." This was after he
had spoken in a seminar for almost five hours with only a short
break for lunch.

True, there was a good reason for Dr. Covey, vice chairman of
the U.S.-based global professional services firm Franklin Covey,
to break his own rule.