Seven Habits of Highly

Effective People

By

Stephen R. Covey

Habit?

H a b i t = K n o w l e d g e ∩ S k i l l s ∩ D e s i r e

Knowledge

Skills

Desire

Habit

Seven Habits

Independence

Interdependence

Dependence

ISIT

Consulting Services

2. Begin

with End in

Mind

1. Be Proactive

Public

Victory

4.Think

Win-Win

6.Synergy

Private

Victory

5.Understood

First

3.Put 1st

Things 1st

Don’t Be reactive

Be responsible for your life.

Don't blame genetics, circumstances, conditions

Make Choices from Values Not Temporary or Immediate

Feelings

H1: Be Proactive

Response

Freedom

to choose

Stimulus

Self Awareness Imagination Conscience

Independent will

Your life doesn't just “HAPPEN”. Whether you know it or not, it is carefully designed by you.

The choices, after all, are yours.

Be Proactive…..

To begin with the end in mind means:

• to start with a clear understanding of your destination.

• to know where you’re going.

• understand where you are now.

……. so that the steps you takes are always in the right direction.

H2. Begins with End in MIND

Identify your vision.

Discover a personal mission

Support it with chosen roles and goals

Establish personal values that will guide proactivity

Visualize and create a mental image of what you want to create physically

The law of the farm: You reap what you sow

H2. Begins with End in MIND

This is about life management as

well- for your

Purpose

Values

Roles

Priorities

Operate every day from priorities established in your vision, mission,

roles, and goals.

Translate your mission into specific daily activities.

Create optimal value from your time.

H3:Put First Things First

Q4

• Thoughtful

• Creative work

• High Quality Output

• Productive Collaboration

Q2

• Over analysis

• Pointless

• Gossip

• Idle Speculation

• Self Indulgent Perfectionism

Q1

• Low Value but required

• Non Project Emergencies

• Misc. Interruption

• Administrative

Q3

• Unscheduled rework

• Last Minute Change

• Dealing with late Input

• Forcing decision and Closure

Urgent Not Urgent

Not

Import

ant

I

mport

ant

1st Things 1st …….

See life as a cooperative arena, not a

competitive one.

A frame of mind and heart that

constantly seeks mutual benefit.

Agreements or solutions are mutually

beneficial and satisfying.

All get to eat the pie, and it tastes

pretty good!

H4 : Win-Win

When do we need to “Think Win-Win?” When we are playing sports, games, etc.

When we need to work as a group

When we need to address problems in our relationships

We need win-win for most of our human interactions.

WIN-LOOSE: other person get the hard feelings

LOOSE-WIN: You gets the hard feeling

LOOSE-LOOSE: Never Pays

WIN-WIN: Emotional Bank Account

Win-Win…..

Seek First to Understand

Being genuinely interested in

seeking another person’s

point of view

Attitude of openness

Skill of empathetic listening.

listen with the intent to reply

Task

Can do

Can’t do

Don’t know how

Don’t want to do

Training

Don’t care Against values

Attitude Issue

H5:Seek First to Understand

Synergy is the combined action that occurs

when people work together to create new

alternatives and solutions. The essence of

synergy is to value and respect differences

Valuing differences is what really drives synergy.

Give truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among the people.

H6:Synergies

Physical endurance, strength, flexibility,

sleep, eating

Mental reading, journaling, discussing,

seminars, meetings

Spiritual battle of good versus evil

(atheism, Christianity, Hinduism,

Islam, Judaism)

Social family, friends, service

(notes, phone calls, emails, visits)

Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you

have in you. It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the

four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual.

H7:Sharpen The Saw