7 Habits - 10,000 Words http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words Where Journalism and Technology Meet Copyright 2013 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:15:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 ‘7 Habits’ (and Tools) for Highly Effective Journalists Headlines following the recent passing of Stephen R. Covey have mostly included reference to the management and self-help guru’s immensely successful book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

The permeant reference is with good reason: the book was on The New York Times best seller list for more than five years, and it’s sold over 25 million copies to date. As I reflected on the best way to manage my own career, I couldn’t help but think about how Covey’s book probably had good insight in its pages for me, too — a journalist who fights the demands of an always-on news cycle, yes, but also a person. A normal human being.

Journalists are people, too. Here are some takeaways for how Covey’s seven habits can apply to our field, along with some practical tools and strategies to begin making them your habits, too. continued…

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]]> Kevin Loker http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/7-habits-tools-highly-effective-digital-journalists_b14422#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/7-habits-tools-highly-effective-digital-journalists_b14422 http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/?p=14422 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:50:35 +0000