Snow!

I'm working from home today due to the snow. I woke up to find channel five deeming the driving "treacherous" and that paired with Waltham canceling school and the boss suggesting I stay home sealed the deal.

Of course it figures Brian has to take his truck out to the server farm, so I have to get my butt out shoveling/moving my car early anyway.

Drive safe folks!

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

I found a free download of http://www.audible.com/twithabits/ and had it playing today while I was working at the dining room table. I've been meaning to check this out for a while but I'm glad that I didn't purchase it, because though the concepts could be applied anywhere the tone of this book is very heavily 'business', and was extremely dry. Perhaps though, its because the last audio-book I experienced was Wil Wheaton's?

Covey Outlines his 7 habits in this way:
1. Proactive (choice, responsibility, influence)
2. Keeping the end in mind (actively working)
3. First things first (efficiency, schedule, what's most important)
4. Think win win (performance, agreement with others)
5. Understand and then be understood (listening, expectations)
6. Synergize (work together, understand/appreciate differences)
7. Sharpen the saw (maintain, build, refine - the most important of the 7)

Other emphasis on:
-Movement from dependence to independence to interdependence
-Character (timeless) and personality/technology (fad)
-Emotional 'bank accounts' with others, deposit and withdraw
-Give loyalty to those absent
-Patience and pervasiveness; do what is in your power to do (circle of influence)
-Create a mission statement for all groups/endeavors

He's extremely popular (what came first, the books or the planners?) but just not my cup of tea. Thus far the ones I've been most inspired by are still David Allen and Eckhart Tolle.