Seek first to understand…

Image credit: Hugh MacLeod

…then to be understood.

One of the most crucial lessons from Steven Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, especially when it comes to recruiting your parents as allies in your transition from a career in Medicine into the Work you were created to pursue.

Dare to feel where they’re coming from and looking at the world from their perspective (don’t worry about losing your sense of self or desire for freedom…that’s built into you)

Or as Stephen put it:

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

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