“Wisdom and maturity in action”
Seth Godin’s blog yesterday really hit home:
If you want to see wisdom and maturity in action, look for someone (or a community) investing in infrastructure before it’s too late…
We need to plant our trees before we want the shade, and fix our systems before they break.
In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, one of the best selling personal development books of all time, author Stephen Covey defines the first three habits as:
Be proactive.
Begin with the end in mind.
Put first things first.
Seems as though the habits for effectiveness are the same in people as in business.