Over view on Stephen R Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

1. Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey
Overview

2. The Habits of Personal Effectiveness
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First things First

3. Proactivity is the habit of
Personal Vision
Habit 1
Be Proactive
Be responsible for your life
Make Choices from Values Not Temporary or
Immediate Feelings
Best way to predict your future is to CREATE IT!

4. Beginning with the End in Mind is
the habit of Personal Leadership
Habit 2
Beginning with the End in Mind
Discover a personal mission
Support it with chosen roles and goals
Establish personal values that will guide proactivity
Visualize and create a mental image of what you
want to create physically

5. Putting First Things First is the
habit of Personal Management
Habit 3
Put First Things First
Operate every day from priorities established in your
mission, roles, and goals
Translate your mission into specific daily activities
Create optimal value from your time

6. The Habits of Interpersonal
Effectiveness
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be
Understood
Habit 6: Synergize

7. Think Win-Win is the habit of
Interpersonal Leadership
Habit 4
Think Win-Win
Wanting other people to win as well as yourself
Belief in Third Alternative
A solution that gives everyone what they want
Unites people in helpful, supportive ways

8. Seek First to Understand is the habit
of Communication
Habit 5
Seek First to Understand
Being genuinely interested in seeking another
person’s point of view whether or not you agree
Attitude of openness
Skill of empathetic listening
Helps search for mutually beneficial alternatives

9. Synergy is the habit of Creative
Cooperation
Habit 6
Synergize
Seeing and appreciating differences in a relationship
as a source of information and creativity
Others’ points of view can increase the effectiveness
of an interaction
Experience in true interdependency