#294: The Turn of the Tide

In "The Habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen Covey tells a story written by Arthur Gordon called "The Turn of the Tide".

In it, Gordon recalls a time when he was overcome by negativity. In the end, he went to see a physician who told him to spend the following day in the place where he had been happiest as a child. Then he gave him four prescriptions in sealed envelopes, to be opened at 9, 12, 3 and 6 o'clock the next day.

Gordon duly went back to his favourite retreat beside the sea.

At 9 o'clock, he opened the first prescription. It read: "Listen carefully." Gordon sat back and did as instructed. For the rest of the morning he tuned in to the sounds of the birds and the sea and felt a growing peace.

At noon, he opened the second prescription. It read: "Try reaching back." Gordon thought about the past and allowed the many memories of happy times to come flooding back to him.

When 3 o'clock came, he opened prescription number three and read: "Examine your motives". Gordon thought of the work he was engaged on at present. Slowly it dawned on him that all his present endeavours were aimed at satisfying his own needs. He changed his thoughts and motives so that they were aimed at satisfying the needs of others.

Finally, at 6 o'clock, Gordon opened the last prescription and read: "Write your worries in the sand." He did as instructed, writing the few remaining worries he had and turned homeward, knowing that the lapping waves would soon wash all his worries away.

Moral: Worrying achieves nothing but can destroy everything. Only worry in positives.

What Next?

If you have enjoyed this blog on "People Skills", you'll have learnt three simple lessons in people management:

1. When troubled, don't be afraid to seek advice from wiser people
2. Trust the process
3. Find solace and strength in nature not people

And, with this as your starting point, you can now move ahead by using the learning resources on Manage Train Learn to develop your knowledge and skills further.

With over 22,000 learning resources on our 6 websites, with 2 sites offering free downloads, you can now take charge of your own learning.

Simply commit yourself each day to learning something new from MTL and then, - when you fully understand it, - reflect upon it, practise it, apply it, and review it, and in no time at all, you will have mastered the skill with confidence.

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