Stephen Covey, Stephen King and the Death Bed
Now here are a couple of thought leaders I would have never imagined linking together.
 
At the ITSMF USA conference in Dallas last week a young man and I were talking about “stuff”, and the time we spend doing it, pursuing it and paying for it.  Into our conversation I threw this quote from one my friends overseas… ”Day in and day out what we do is what we become.”  He then responded with a quote that sounded like something I had heard Dr. Stephen Covey say and said as much. He said, no…not Stephen Covey…Stephen King!!
The quote from King was paraphrased …but essentially said…. “No one on their deathbed will wish they had spent more time instant messaging or on facebook.”Â
The original Covey quote is similar…”No one on their deathbed will wish they had spent more time at the office.”
Absolutely worthwhile is the entire artcile written by Stephen King called, “My Screen Addiction“Â http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293300,00.htmlÂ
Covey also taught… “Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.”
 I know I would never want my children to respond to the question “Where’s your Dad?” with …. “He’s always on his computer.“ It may be time for me, and perhaps you to courageously do what Stephen King did and see if we need to make a choice and make a change.
Kirk Out
September 28th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Hi Kirk,
We spoke several times at itSMF this week and I had mentioned this Stephen King article about how much time he spends in front of monitors and his ending quote on no one on their death bed ever says they wish they would have spent more time online. J
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20293300,00.html
It was great speaking to you this week. I hope you have a great trip to Rochester and do get some time at Wegmans. Also as mentioned on Tuesday night I live in the DC area (Arlington, VA) and would be more than happy to give you touring advise or even give you or the family a tour of the sites in the area. Consider it an open invitation.
Again great speaking to you,-Rich
Rich Graves
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