Stephen Covey was an international management guru and author of bestselling books like "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". The 7 Habits center on timeless principles for personal, interpersonal, managerial and organizational effectiveness. These include principles of continuous learning, service, affirmation of others, balance, and self-renewal. The habits teach skills like being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, thinking win-win, seeking first to understand, and sharpening the saw.

1. Stephen Covey was the co-chairman of Franklin Covey Company,
an international firm devoted to helping individuals, organizations,
and families become more effective through the application of
proven principles of natural law.
He was well renowned international Management Guru.
He is the author of several best Management books.
For many people, reading Covey’s work or listening to him,
literally changes their lives.

2. The 7 habits center on the timeless and universal principles of
 Personal
 Interpersonal
 Managerial
 Organizational Effectiveness
 The principle of continuous learning, of self-education; the
discipline that drives us towards the values we believe in.
 The principle of service, of giving oneself to others, of helping
others to facilitate other people’s work.
 The principle of affirmation of others, treating people as
proactive individuals who have great potential.

3.  The principle of staying positive and optimistic, radiating
positive energy- including avoiding the four emotional cancers
(criticizing, complaining, comparing and competing ).
 The principle of balance, to ability to identify our various
roles and to spend appropriate amounts of time in, and focus
on, all the important roles and dimensions od our life.
 The balance of spontaneity and serendipity- the ability to
experience life with a sense of adventure, excitement, and
fresh rediscovery, instead of trying to find a serious side to
things that have no serious side.
 The principle of consistent self-renewal and self-improvement
in the four dimensions of one’s life: physical, mental, spiritual,
and social- emotional.

4. Knowledge
(What to, Why to)
Desire
(Want to)
Skills
(How to)
HABITS

5. Habit 1
Be
proactive
Habit 2
Begin with
the end in
mind
Habits of
private
victory
Habit 3
Put first
things first
Principles of
personal vision
Principles of
personal
leadership
Principles of
personal
management

6. Principles of interpersonal
leadership
Principles of empathetic
communication
Principles of creative
cooperation
Habit 4
Think Win/Win
Habit 5
Seek first to understand
& then to be understood
Habit 6
Synergize
Principles of creative
cooperation
Habit 7
Sharpen the saw

7. We have a wide range of concerns,
but not all of them fall into our
circle of influence

8. Private
Victory
Interdependence
Independence
Dependence
Public
victory

9. Recognizing that I have the freedom and
ability to choose how I respond to whatever
happens to me!

10. Stimulus ResponseFreedom
to choose
Self
Awareness
Independent
Will
Imagination Conscience

11. Proactive people focus on their efforts in their
circle of influence causing the circle of
influence to increase.

12. Concerns
Influence

13. If you don’t know where you are going, how
will you know when you get there?
Mental creation precedes physical creation.
To start with a clear understanding of your
destination.
Write your Mission Statement.
Choose a Life Center.

14. PRINCIPLE
CENTER
(from which flows four
Life Support Factors)
SecurityPower
Wisdom Guidance

15. Organize and execute around priorities.
The key to Time Management is not to
prioritize what’s on your schedule but to
schedule your priorities.

16. URGENT NOT URGENT
NOTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT

17. Win/Win means seeking solutions that allows
everyone to win.
A Win/Win character consists of three traits
Integrity
Maturity
Abundance Mentality (is empowering people.
Following the three Don’ts:
oDon’t Compare
oDon’t Compete
oDon’t Criticize)

18. The Deepest need of soul is to be understood.
To truly understand, we must listen to more
than words.
Empathy is listening with the eyes and the
“heart”.
Empathic Listening is deep listening, followed
by statements of what we understand the
other person to be expressing.
Seek First to Understand
then to be Understood

19. Value the Differences.
At what level do you value
The differences?
Synergy means one plus one
Equals three or more.
Synergy is the process
that reveals the Third Alternative.

20. Four Dimensions
of Renewal
Physical
• Exercise
• Nutrition
• Stress Management
Social
• Service
• Empathy
• Synergy
• Intrinsic
Security
Spiritual
• Value Clarification &
Commitment
• Study and &
Meditation
Mental
• Reading
• Visualizing
• Planning
• Writing

21. The 7 habits of highly effective people is a
holistic, integrated, principle centered
approach for solving our personal and
professional problems
Principles that give us the security to adapt to
change and the wisdom and power to take
advantage of the opportunities that change
creates.