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Stephen Covey :

Independence vs. Interdependence

Independence is not the final goal in the thinking of Stephen Covey.

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Stephen Covey emphasizes that is it INTERDEPENDENCE to which we should strive.

Covey's idea is in fact a re-statement of one of those things that is so obvious we never think of it. For example, if you are an autonomous, single man, living in an apartment, working from your computer, you may have the illusion of independence. But, wait, did you build that apartment? Do you not have an interdependent relationship with your landlord? If you pay by cheque, do you not have a relationship with your bank? And the bank, does that bank not invest in all kinds of projects and endeavours right across the world?

What about the electricity that powers your computer? Who built the dam that powers the hydro-electricity for that power source? Who runs your city government that laid the infrastructure for the power lines, and who voted for those city officials?

There is no question: psychological independence is a worthy pursuit; but the facts remain: we are all highly interdependent, nevertheless.

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