Tony is a successful entrepreneur in Malaysia. One day, I listened to an interview with Tony Fernandes, the CEO of AirAsia, and I had a paradigm shift. I used to believe that one of the factors Malaysia can’t do well is because we are a multi-racial country.Īnd this prevented us from moving forward as a country.
And I have to admit that I have a weak belief about that. “If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”Īs a Malaysian, I lived in a multi-racial country.
How do you do that? Check out this post: Ultimate Goal Setting Guide: How to Set Goals and Achieve Them 2. And always find out your ‘destination’ before you begin the journey so that you can make a better plan and become more effective. And when you have no idea what it is that you want out of life, you will be influenced by the general masses, doing what everyone else is doing. We don’t have a vision, we don’t have a plan, and we certainly don’t have a goal. Too many of us going through life like lost sheep because we don’t decide where we want to get to in life. You have to know where you want to get to before you begin the journey. The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you’re sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.Īnd like what Stephen Covey suggested, you have to begin with the end (destination) in your mind. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Just like the famous story, Alice in Wonderland…Īlice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? I suggest you read the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People if you want to learn more about achieving greater results in life and also about the concept of paradigm shift. Now, once you learned how to ride a bike, you will never go back to before – where you don’t know how to ride it. But after a while, you seem to be able o balance yourself on the bike and you just ride the bike away. So, you sit on the bike, put your legs on the pedal and try to balance it. Once you experience a paradigm shift, your life or the way you live will change 180 degrees.įor example, let’s say you don’t know how to ride a bicycle, but you want to learn how to do it. One of the most profound principles of success I learned from the late Stephen Covey is a paradigm shift, which is a major change in the worldview, concepts, and practices of how something works or is accomplished. You can read more about his biography here. And in 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. When it comes to leadership and management consulting, Stephen Covey’s name is almost always on the list. He has written several books, and among them, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is the most popular. Covey was one of the most respectable entrepreneurs and management experts.
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