7 Habits of Highly Effective People

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
1 - Be proactive
Take responsibility for your reaction to your experiences, take the initiative to respond positively
and improve the situation. Recognize your Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern. Focus your
responses and initiates on the center of your influence and constantly work to expand it.
Don't sit and wait in a reactive mode, waiting for problems to happen (Circle of Concern) before
taking action.
2 - Begin with the end in mind

Envision what you want in the future so you can work and plan towards it. Understand how
people make decisions in their life. To be effective you need to act based on principles and do I
have to say about myself? How do constantly review your mission statement. Are you - right now
- who you want to be? What you want to be remembered? If habit 1 advises changing your life
to act and be proactive, habit 2 advises that you are the programmer! Grow and stay humble.
All things are created twice. Before we act, we should act in our minds first. Before we create
something, we measure twice. This is what the principle is about. Do not just act; think first: Is
this how I want it to go, and are these the correct consequences?
3 - Put first things first
Matrix of importance vs. urgency that Stephen Covey and Dwight D. Eisenhower used in deciding
where to invest their efforts.
Talks about difference between leadership and management. Leadership in the outside world
begins with personal vision and personal leadership.
Talks about what is important and what is urgent. Priority should be given in the following order
(in brackets are the corresponding actions from the Eisenhower Matrix):,
[6][7] Quadrant I. Urgent and important ( Do) important deadlines and crises Quadrant II. Not
urgent but important (Plan ) – long-term development Quadrant III. Urgent but not important
(Delegate) – distractions with deadlines Quadrant IV. Not urgent and not important Eliminate ) –
frivolous distractions The order is important; after completing items in quadrant I, we should
spend the majority of our time on II, but many people spend too much time in III and
IV. The calls to delegate programmer, habit 3 advises: write the program, become a leader. Keep
personal integrity. What you say vs what you do.
4 - Think win-win
Genuine feelings for mutually beneficial solutions or agreements in your relationships. Value and
respect people by understanding a "win" for all is ultimately a better long-term resolution than if
only one person in the situation had gotten their way. Think Win-Win isn't about being nice, nor
is it a quick- fix technique. It is a character-based code for human interaction and
collaboration. [9]
5 - Seek first to understand, then to be understood

Use empathetic listening to genuinely understand a person, which compels them to reciprocate
the listening and take an open mind to be influenced by you. This creates an atmosphere of
caring, and positive problem-solving. Habit 5 is greatly embraced in the Greek philosophy
represented by 3 words:
1) Ethos -- your personal credibility. It's the trust that you inspire, your
Emotional Bank Account.
2) Pathos is the empathetic side -- it's the alignment with the emotional trust of another person's
communication.
3) Logos is the logic -- the reasoning part of the presentation. The order is important: ethos,
pathos, logos -- your character, and your relationships, and then the logic of your
presentation.[10]
6 - Synergize!
Combine the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals that no one
could have done alone.[11]
Continual improvement
The final habit is that of continuous improvement in both the personal and interpersonal spheres
of influence.
7 - Sharpen the Saw; Growth

See also: Kaizen (continuous improvement) Balance and renew your resources, energy, and
health to create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle. It primarily emphasizes exercise for
physical renewal, good prayer (meditation, yoga, etc.) and good reading for mental renewal. It
also mentions service to society for spiritual renewal. Covey explains the "Upward Spiral" model
in the sharpening the saw section. Through our conscience, along with meaningful and
consistent progress, the spiral will result in growth, change, and constant improvement.
In essence, one is always attempting to integrate and master the principles outlined in The 7
Habits at progressively higher levels at each iteration. Subsequent development on any habit will
render a different experience and you will learn the principles with a deeper understanding. The
Upward Spiral model consists of three parts: learn, commit, and do. According to Covey, one
must be increasingly educating the conscience in order to grow and develop on the upward
spiral. The idea of renewal by education will propel one along the path of personal freedom,
security, wisdom, and power.
eliminate are effective reminders of their relative priority. If habit 2 advises that you are the
program, become a leader! Keep personal integrity: what you say vs what you
do.[8]Interdependence The next three habits talk about Interdependence (e.g., working with
others):

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2 - Begin with the end in mind

5 - Seek first to understand, then to be understood

7 - Sharpen the Saw; Growth

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