Seven Habits of Highly Seven Habits of Highly

Effective PeopleEffective People

By Stephen R. CoveyBy Stephen R. Covey

OverviewOverview

The Habits of Personal EffectivenessThe Habits of Personal Effectiveness

�� Habit 1: Be ProactiveHabit 1: Be Proactive

�� Habit 2: Begin with the End in MindHabit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

�� Habit 3: Put First things FirstHabit 3: Put First things First

ProactivityProactivity is the habit of is the habit of

Personal VisionPersonal Vision

�� Habit 1Habit 1

�� Be ProactiveBe Proactive

�� Be responsible for your lifeBe responsible for your life

�� Make Choices from Values Not Temporary or Make Choices from Values Not Temporary or

Immediate FeelingsImmediate Feelings

�� Best way to predict your future is to CREATE IT!Best way to predict your future is to CREATE IT!

Beginning with the End in Mind is Beginning with the End in Mind is

the habit of Personal Leadershipthe habit of Personal Leadership

�� Habit 2Habit 2

�� Beginning with the End in MindBeginning with the End in Mind

�� Discover a personal missionDiscover a personal mission

�� Support it with chosen roles and goalsSupport it with chosen roles and goals

�� Establish personal values that will guide Establish personal values that will guide proactivityproactivity

�� Visualize and create a mental image of what you Visualize and create a mental image of what you

want to create physicallywant to create physically

Putting First Things First is the Putting First Things First is the

habit of Personal Managementhabit of Personal Management

�� Habit 3Habit 3

�� Put First Things FirstPut First Things First

�� Operate every day from priorities established in your Operate every day from priorities established in your

mission, roles, and goalsmission, roles, and goals

�� Translate your mission into specific daily activitiesTranslate your mission into specific daily activities

�� Create optimal value from your timeCreate optimal value from your time

The Habits of Interpersonal The Habits of Interpersonal

EffectivenessEffectiveness

�� Habit 4: Think WinHabit 4: Think Win--WinWin

�� Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be

UnderstoodUnderstood

�� Habit 6: SynergizeHabit 6: Synergize

Think WinThink Win--Win is the habit of Win is the habit of

Interpersonal LeadershipInterpersonal Leadership

�� Habit 4Habit 4

�� Think WinThink Win--WinWin

�� Wanting other people to win as well as yourselfWanting other people to win as well as yourself

�� Belief in Third AlternativeBelief in Third Alternative

�� A solution that gives everyone what they wantA solution that gives everyone what they want

�� Unites people in helpful, supportive waysUnites people in helpful, supportive ways

Seek First to Understand is the habit Seek First to Understand is the habit

of Communicationof Communication

�� Habit 5Habit 5

�� Seek First to UnderstandSeek First to Understand

�� Being genuinely interested in seeking another Being genuinely interested in seeking another

personperson’’s point of view whether or not you agrees point of view whether or not you agree

�� Attitude of opennessAttitude of openness

�� Skill of empathetic listeningSkill of empathetic listening

�� Helps search for mutually beneficial alternativesHelps search for mutually beneficial alternatives

Synergy is the habit of Creative Synergy is the habit of Creative

CooperationCooperation

�� Habit 6Habit 6

�� SynergizeSynergize

�� Seeing and appreciating differences in a relationship Seeing and appreciating differences in a relationship

as a source of information and creativityas a source of information and creativity

�� OthersOthers’’ points of view can increase the effectiveness points of view can increase the effectiveness

of an interactionof an interaction

�� Experience in true interdependencyExperience in true interdependency