The unique human capacities of self-awareness, imagination, and conscience enable us to examine first creations and make it possible for us to take charge of our own first creation, to write our own script. Put another way, Habit 1 says, "You are the creator." Habit 2 is the first creation.
Habit 2 is based on principles of personal leadership, which means that leadership is the first creation. Leadership is not management. Management is the second creation.
Peter Drucker and Warren Bennis said, "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
machete: a broad, heavy knife used as a cutting tool and as a weapon
undergrowth: a mass of bushes and plants that grow close together under trees in woods and forests
wield: to have and use power, authority, etc.
We are more in need of a vision or destination and a compass (a set of principles or directions) and less in need of a road map. We often do not know what the terrain ahead will be like or what we will need to go through it; much will depend on our judgement at the time. But an inner compass will always give us direction.
比起地圖，我們更需要願景、目標、原則和指南針。我們通常不知道前方的地形是怎樣的，也不知道我們需要什麼來通過它；很多事情都取決於我們當刻的判斷。但是內在的指南針總會給我們指引方向。
terrain: used to refer to an area of land when you are mentioning its natural features, for example, if it is rough, flat, etc.
obsolete: no longer used because something new has been invented
deregulation: the process of making a trade, business activity, etc. free from rules and controls
Proactive powerful leadership must constantly monitor environmental change, particularly customer buying habits and motives, and provide the force necessary to organize resources in the right direction.
No management success can compensate for failure in leadership. But leadership is hard because we are often caught in a management paradigm.
wrestle: to struggle physically to move or manage something
persist: to continue to do something despite difficulties or opposition, in a way that can seem unreasonable
quadruple: to become four times bigger
I'm convinced that too often parents are also trapped in the management paradigm, thinking of control, efficiency, and rules instead of direction, purpose, and family feeling.
我深信家長往往也受困於管理模式，只想到控制、效率和規則，而不是方向、目標和家庭情感。
Stephen R. Covey "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
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