7 Basic Habits For Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

Habit = Knowledge + Skill + Desire

Habit is for development of behavior

Focus 1 •Private Victory

Focus 2 • Public Victory

Focus 1 • Self- renewal

7 HabitPrivate Victory

•Habit 1: Be proactive•Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind•Habit 3: Put the first thing first

Public Victory

•Habit 4: Think win-win•Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood•Habit 6: Synergize

Self-renewal

•Habit 7: Sharpen the sow

Habit 1: Be proactiveResponsible for own work

Take decision on the basis of principle and value

Give effort to circle of influenceBe aware on circle of concern

Habit 2: Begin with end in mindSet a specific goal at first

Go for achieving the goal

Think for effective goal setting

Habit 3: Put the first thing first

Do all works in an organized way

Give priority to the most important

Important Not ImportantUrgent Important and urgent Urgent not

importantNot Urgent Important not Urgent Not important not

urgent

Habit 4: Think win-win

See the problem from others point of view

• Identify key issues and concerns

Determine what result would make a fully acceptable solution

• Identify new options to achieve those results

Habit 5: Seek first to understand than to be understood

At first focus on the subject clearly

Deal with the matter

Habit 6: Synergize

1+1≥3

Involve peopleBe cooperativeCollaborate all

ides

Habit 7: Sharpen the sawBe effective

• Effectiveness is the ability to do the right thing in right time

Be efficient

• Efficiency is the ability to give more output with less input

Physical development

•Exercise

Spiritual development

•Observation

Mental development

•Understanding

Social development

•Communication

Develop yourself

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but an habit.

Aristotle