Who am I?
I am your constant companion. I am your greatest
helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down
to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the the things you do
you might as well turn over to me and I
will be able to do them quickly
and correctly.
I am easily managed-you must merely
be firm with me. Show me exactly how you
want something done and after a few
lessons I will do it automatically. I am the servant of all great
individuals and alas of all failures as well. Those who
are great, I have made great. Those who are failures
I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work
with all the precision of a machine plus the
intelligence of a human. You may run me
for a profit or run me for ruin-It
makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me,
and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy
with me and I will destroy you!
Who am I?
I am
Habit.
Taken from the "7 Habits of Highly Effective Teans" by Sean Covey
Published by Simon and Schuster