The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

From the Book of Stephen R. Convey. Book for Personal Effectiveness.. Just want to share this to all..
Summary of the 7 habits for highly effective people

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Change Starts from within, and highly effective people make the decisions to improve their lives through the things that they can influence rather than by simply reacting to external forces.

Habit 2: Begin with the End of Mind

Develop a Principle - centered personal mission statement. Extend the mission statement in long - term goals based on Personal Principles.

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Spend time doing what fits into your personal mission, observing the proper balance between production and building production capacity. Identify the key roles that you take on in life, and make time for each of them.

Habit 4: Think win/win

Seek agreements and relationship that are mutually beneficial. In case where a "win/win" deal cannot be achieved, accept the fact that agreeing to make "no deal" may be the best alternative. In developing an organizational culture, be sure to reward win/win behavior among employees and avoid inadvertantly rewarding win/lose behavior.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be understood

First seek to understand the other person, and only then try to be understood (according to covey this is the most important principle of interpersonal relations. Effective listening is not simply echoing what the other person has said through the len's of one's own experience. Rather, putting oneself in the perspective of the other persons, listening empathically for both feeling and meaning.

Habit 6: Synergize

Through trustful communication, find ways to levergae individual differences to create a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts. Through mutual trust and understanding, one often can solve conflicts and find a better solution than would have been obtained through either person's own solution.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Take time out from productions to build production capacity through personal renewal of the Physical, Mental, Social/Emotional, and Spiritual dimensions. Maintain a balance among these dimensions.

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