Monthly Archives: March 2012

The first three of Stephen Covey’s habits of highly effective people are personal. They’re individual. You and I can unilaterally be proactive… begin with the end in mind… and put first things first. We don’t need anyone’s permission to do … Continue reading →

Stephen Covey expands his discussion on this third habit on his website: “To live a more balanced existence, you have to recognize that not doing everything that comes along is okay. There’s no need to overextend yourself. All it takes … Continue reading →

After posting this morning on begin with the end in mind at the end of a largely sleepless night, I stopped for some coffee on the way to work. While browsing through the current issue of The Economist, I happened … Continue reading →

Stephen Covey, in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, introduces this topic in the following way. With apologies, he invites us to visualize ourselves at our own funeral(s). One by one, our family members, our work colleagues, … Continue reading →

The previous post contained advice from Stephen Covey for all of us. Here’s some more good advice for you and me…this from my nine-year-old grandson, conveyed via my daughter: Last night at dinner, I told the boys I had a problem. … Continue reading →

If we took a poll of Earth scientists and their colleagues, what fraction do you think might have read Stephen R. Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People? This book was first published in 1989. To call it … Continue reading →

What kind of world do we want? The Declaration of Independence pretty much spells it out, doesn’t it…at least for Americans? Well worth a (re)read in its entirety. [But you already knew that.] For present purposes, let’s focus on this … Continue reading →

Kim Klockow provided an interesting comment to the previous post on this past week’s tornadoes.  You can skip to it directly here.  She focuses on sheltering-in-place as a strategy (in an ordinary home, if I read her correctly, as opposed … Continue reading →

The news from the Nation’s Midwest over the past few days has been tragic. Early-season tornadoes wreaking death and destruction across a wide swath. Just yesterday? Dozens killed in three states. Scenes of the destruction and interviews with the survivors … Continue reading →

No one ever asks… “What’s up with the three questions on the masthead for the blog?” Here’s the backstory. In the late 1980’s-early 1990’s…sometime in the period…the federal agencies were formulating the U.S. Global Change Research Program, or USGCRP. Mike … Continue reading →