CTK’s 2nd Workshop on 7 Habits of Highly Successful Families Another Success
CTK successfully held a second conduct of ‘The 7 Habits of Successful Families’ Workshop, during the two Saturdays of July 22 and July 29. For two full days, from 8 am to 5 pm, husband and wife team Rene and Consie Montemayor led 31 participants, consisting of 10 families (they were either parent couples, single parents, or parents and their children), seven singles, and two seminarians, through talks, reKlection, sharing and exercises meant to strengthen their families and create happy homes. The workshop is based fully on Franklin Covey Education materials which in turn are based on Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families’.
The workshop, which usually costs several thousand pesos, was staged at no cost to CTK, with participant couples or families being charged only P1,000 to cover the workbook cost.
It will be recalled that the first conduct of the workshop was last September 2016 (17th and 24th).
The book made waves when it was first released in 1997. With the same profound insight, simplicity, and practical wisdom that propelled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to
worldwide acclaim, Stephen Covey focused on the primary concern of society today – the family. It is widely accepted that too many families are in trouble. In his book, Covey shows how families can move from a problemsolving to a creative mindset, focusing on accomplishing goals and contributing together in meaningful ways. The objective is to build the kind of strong loving family that lasts for generations.
In the book, as with the workshop, the famed ‘seven habits’ had been reapplied in the context of family life. Specifically, 1) Be Proactive was reapplied as, Becoming an Agent of Change in Your Family; 2) Begin with the End in Mind, i.e., Developing a Family Mission Statement; 3) Put First Things First, i.e., Making Family a Priority in a Turbulent World; 4) Think ‘Win-Win’, i.e., Moving from ‘Me’ to ‘We’; 5) Seek First to Understand, i.e., Solving Family Problems Through Empathic Communication; 6) Synergize, i.e., Building Family Unity Through Celebrating Differences; and 7) Sharpen the Saw, i.e., Renewing the Family Spirit Through Traditions.
The book, and the workshop, also covered the four stages on the path to progress, starting with – ‘survival’, where the day-in, day-out objective is simply to survive; to ‘stability’, where the family and the marriage becomes stable, dependable, and predictable; to ‘success‘, where meaningful goals are set and achieved and there’s genuine happiness, better living, and better loving; to the final stage of ‘significance‘, where the family has a sense of stewardship or responsibility to the greater family of mankind and where the family legacy includes reaching out to other families who might be at risk and making a difference in the community through their church or other service organizations.
The workshop ended with the discussion on the four family leadership roles for the parents. This includes – role modeling; mentoring; organizing; and teaching.
