The Seven Habits
The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People: Restoring the
Character Ethic, by Stephen R. Covey
BE PROACTIVE ~ Between stimulus and response in human beings lies the power
to choose. Productivity, then, means that we are solely responsible for what
happens in our lives. No fair blaming anyone or anything else.
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND ~ Imagine your funeral and listen to what you would like the eulogists to say about you. This should reveal exactly what matters most to you in your life. Use this frame of reference to make all your day-to-day decisions so that you are working toward your most meaningful life goals.
PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST ~ To manage our lives effectively, we must keep our mission in mind, understand what's important as well as urgent, and maintain a balance between what we produce each day and our ability to produce in the future. Think of the former as putting out fires and the latter as personal development.
THINK WIN/WIN ~ Agreements or solutions among people can be mutually
beneficial if all parties cooperate and begin with a belief in the "third
alternative": a better way that hasn't been thought of yet.
SEEK FIRST TO BE UNDERSTANDING, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD ~ Most people don't listen. Not
really. They listen long enough to devise a solution to the speaker's problem
or a rejoinder to what's being said. Then they dive into the conversation.
You'll be more effective in your relationships with people if you sincerely try
to understand them fully before you try to make them understand your point of
view.
SYNERGIZE ~ Just what it sounds like. The whole is greater than the sum of its
parts. In practice, this means you must use "creative cooperation" in
social interactions. Value differences because it is often the clash between
them that leads to creative solutions.
SHARPEN THE SAW ~ This is the habit of self-renewal, which has four elements. The
first is mental, which includes reading, visualizing, planning and writing. The
second is spiritual, which means value clarification and commitment, study and
meditation. Third is social/emotional, which includes service, empathy, synergy
and intrinsic security. Finally, the physical element includes exercise,
nutrition and stress management.
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