1. 7 Habits

2. (3 +3 + 1) Habits
Habits 1-3 = Personal
Habits 4-6 = Interpersonal
Habits 7 = Lucky for some?

3. (1-3) Values > Tactics

4. *
* Reacting
(1) Be Proactive

5. Stop Reacting Automatically

6. Repertoire of Response

7. Proactive Language
can't, have to
simplifying
defensive
reactive
I prefer, what if
open

8. Act in Your Circle of Influence (TM)

10. Capability Breeds Capability

11. (2) Set Goals

12. All Things are Created Twice (TM)

13. Goals and Default Scripting

14. Write Your Own Script

15. Personal Mission
Statements

16. Goals Require Self Awareness

17. Start Small
Before I die, I will finish preparing this
damn presentation.
Gregory McIntyre

18. A Habit of Winning
1. Finish preparing this presentation
2. ... some more wins ...
3. Become King of the galaxy

19. Skills (I am good at presentations)

20. Core Values (I value sharing knowledge)

21. Eulogy (“His presentations were good.”)

22. (3) Manage Yo’self

23. Quadrant I (urgent, important)

24. Quadrant II (not urgent, important)

25. Quadrant III (urgent, not important)

26. World of Quadrant IV

27. Isn’t Rest (IV) Important (II)?

28. Is it II or IV?
Fun and R&R are important
But
Assess feelings of satisfaction and
preparedness afterwards

29. P/PC Balance (TM)

30. Productivity
Words per day
Story points per day
Items bought per day
Trees felled per day

31. Productivity Capacity
Sleep, diet, exercise, energy
Education
Bank balance
Less technical debt ;-)

32. P/PC Balance
Not writing 5000 words every day?
Create capacity to do that: time, energy
Then get producing!
That’s P/PC Balance (TM)!

34. (4-6) Other People

35. (4) Think Win-Win

36. Win-Lose: Beating Your Friends

37. Lose-Win: Self-Sacrifice

38. Lose-Lose: If I Can’t Have It...

39. Win: Incapable of Team Work

40. Win-Win: Mutual Benefit

41. Think Win-Win
Check existing and new relationships
Be prepared to walk away
Abundance principle
Plenty more symbiotic fish in the sea
– Me, just then

42. (5) First Understand

43. Acting in Ignorance
Suggest “solutions” to your crying
girlfriend instead of “listening”
Optimise your code up-front
Work on features nobody asked for

44. Urgency, Anxiety and the Need to Act

45. Give Up the Act
Surrender your current plan of action
Gain understanding
Carefully pick the direction
Then go fast
i.e. First Understand (TM)

46. *
(6) Synergize
* We’ll circle back on this...

47. Compromise Sucks
Each person wins only 50%
Psst, you can do better
Compromise is not synergy

48. Guardedness Sucks
If I make a mistake, I will look stoopid
If I succeed, people will steal it
So I will just do nothing
Guardedness is not synergy

49. Nice Surprises
Compromise: a + b = 1
Guardedness: a + b = 2
Synergy: a + b = 2 or 4 or 8 or 600
You thought that a was 1, but really it
was 2 (or was it really 300?)

50. Self-Limiting Beliefs

51. Third Alternatives
Two people want an orange...

52. Finding Alternatives
Trust and creativity
Safe experimentation

53. “If I ask to see her naked...”

54. (7) Sharpen the Saw

55. You Are Such a Tool
Personal capacity
Not specific to one goal
Be ready for literally anything

56. Better Tools Can Be a Revelation

57. The Usual Suspects
Sleep: Internet, children, computer
games, preparing presentations
Exercise: Cars, sedentary careers

58. Other Suspects
Education: Stopping once you leave
school
Poor actual tools: QWERTY, MS
Paint, etc.

59. @gregmcintyre
2013