8/12/2019 7 Habits of HEP Stephen Covey
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1.."Proactivity" DefnedIt means more than merely taking
initiative. It means that as humanbeings,we are responsible for our
own lives. Our behavior is a function of ourdecisions, not our
conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. Wehave the
initiative and the responsibility to make things happen. Look atthe
word responsibility -- "response-ability" -- the ability to choose
yourresponse.
ighly proactive people recogni!e that responsibility. hey do not
blamecircumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior.
heirbehavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on
values,rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.
#ecause weare, by nature, proactive, if our lives are a function of
conditioning andconditions, it is because we have, by conscious
decision or by default,chosen to empower those things to control
us.
In making such a choice, we become reactive. $eactive people are
oftena%ected by their physical environment. If the weather is good,
they feelgood. If it isn&t, it a%ects their attitude and their
performance. 'roactivepeople can carry their own weather with them.
Whether it rains or shinemakes no di%erence to them. hey are value
driven( and if their value isto produce good )uality work, it
isn&t a function of whether the weather isconducive to it or
not. 'roactive people are still in*uenced by e+ternalstimuli,
whether physical, social, or psychological.#ut their response to
the stimuli, conscious or unconscious, is a value-based choice or
response. $eactive people are driven by feelings, bycircumstances,
by conditions, by their environment. 'roactive people aredriven by
values -- carefully thought about, selected and internali!ed
values.
Taking the InitiativeAct or be Acted UponListening to our
Languageirc!e o oncern. irc!e o In#uence 'roactive people focus
theire%orts in the ircle of In*uence. hey work on the things they
can dosomething about. he nature of their energy is positive,
enlarging andmagnifying, causing theirircle of In*uence to
increase.Direct$ Indirect$ and %o ontro!
&'panding the irc!e o In#uenceThe "(ave)s" and the "*e)s"The
+ther &nd o the ,tick-aking and eeping o//it/ents
0..*egin ith the &nd in -ind T-A!! Things Are reated Tice 2
"#egin with the nd in ind" is basedon the principle that all things
are created twice. here&s amental or /rst creation, and a
physical or second creation to all things
ake the construction of a home, for e+ample. 0ou create it in
every detailbefore you ever hammer
