Blog Entry #3 - Seek First to Understand and Then to be Understood

The purpose of Covey's 5th Habit, "Seek First to Understand and Then to be Understood" is to hear what people are thinking and process it before you try to interject your opinion or interupt their thought process by putting in your own. I try to use this habit in my everyday life, to let people speak their minds and I listen completely and give feedback. Then once they are done, and I have responded to what they said, I give my opinion, to be respectful.