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The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People
Kun Sun
College of William and Mary
02/22/2016
1
About the Book
■ By Stephen R. Covey
■ Published in 1989
■ Interviewed the CEOs of Fortune 500s Top
Companies
■ 246 Weeks on the New York Times Best
Seller List
■ Over 15 million copies sold
2
About the Slides
■ Majorly borrowed from the web
■ ‪http://www.bumc.bu.edu/clinepi/files/2009/07/Seven-Habits.ppt‪.‬
■ http://home.sandiego.edu/~kunkel/TeachingMaterials/
7%20Habits.ppt
■ http://www.sachem.edu/schools/north/pdfs/
coveysevenhabits.pdf
3
Seven habits:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win-win
5. First understand, then be understood
6. Synergies
7. Sharpen your saw
8. Find your voice and inspire others to find
theirs (added in 2004) 4
Personality vs. Character
■ Character is closely related to moral and
ethical values. It focuses on the traits that
are unique to a person. Character is often
regarded as the true self, meaning that it
represents deep rooted attributes
possessed by a person.
■ Personality is often referred to as the mask
identity of a person. It is reflected by the
outer appearance and behavior that may
or may not be true to inner character.
5
Personality Ethic vs. Character Ethic
■ Personality Ethic (post WWI)
■ Personality, public image, attitudes &
behaviors, skills and techniques, quick
fixes
■ Character Ethic (pre WWI)
■ Integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance,
courage, justice, patience, industry,
simplicity, modesty, the Golden Rule
■ Not just “What do I want?” but “Why do
I want it?”
6
Character Ethic
■ It is the primary traits.
■ Personality Ethic are secondary, which may help
one to play the game to succeed in specific
circumstances
■ Long term success requires both
■ Absolute principles that exist in all human beings.
■ Examples of such principles are fairness, honesty,
integrity, human dignity, quality, potential, and
growth.
■ Principles contrast with practices that are for
specific situations whereas principles have
universal application.
7
The Seven Habits Move us through Stages
■ Dependence: the paradigm under which we are
born, relying upon others to take care of us.
■ Independence: the paradigm under which we
make our decisions and take care of ourselves.
■ Interdependence: the paradigm under which we
cooperate to achieve something that cannot be
achieved independently.
8
The First Three Habits
■ Focus on Independence: Celebrate Private
Victories
■ Habit 1: Be Proactive
■ Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
■ Habit 3: Put First Things First
9
Habit 1: Be Proactive
■ proactive vs. reactive when it comes to
how you respond to things.
• When you are reactive, you blame other
people and circumstances for obstacles or
problems.
• Being proactive means taking responsibility for
every aspect of your life.
• Between stimulus and response, we have
the power of free will to choose our
response.
10
The Power to Choose our Response
■ Highly effective people make the decision to
improve their lives through the things that they
can influence rather than by simply reacting to
external forces.
■ When faced with a problem, they take initiative
to find solutions rather than just reporting the
problem and waiting for others to solve for them.
■ Three types of problems
■ Directly controlled
■ Indirectly controlled (focus on this)
■ Out of control
11
12
Be proactive
• Take the initiative and make things happen.
• Aggressively seek new ideas and
innovations.
• Don’t let a negative environment affect
your behavior and decisions.
• Work on things that you can do something
about.
• If you make a mistake, learn from it.
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
■ Create a clear vision of direction and
destination to help in attaining your goal.
■ This is about setting long-term goals based
on "true north" principles that will guide
your daily life.
■ “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn
as if you were to live forever.”
-- Mahatma Gandhi
13
Professional Goal
■ Near term -- 5 year plan
■ Industry
■ Academia (research vs teaching)
■ Non-profit organization (e.g., MITRE)
■ Research lab
■ Government Agency (e.g., DoD, DHS, Darpa)
■ Startup
■ More?
■ Long term
■ Entire career
14
Habit 3: Put First Things First
■ Identify the key roles that you value in life,
and make time for each of them.
■ Continually review and prioritize your goals.
■ Busy is not productive!
■ Separate important and urgent tasks.
■ Say NO to doing unimportant tasks.
■ The definition of important will change
■ Different stage of phd, assistant, associate, full
professor 15
Time Management Matrix
1A
Grant writing
Manuscripts
Seminars
Improve research infrastructure
1B
Experiment discussions
Experimental work
Organizing data
Relationship building
Mentoring
Personal development
2A
Interruptions
Some meetings
Much mail
Many seminars
2B
Complaining
Some phone calls
TV/ games
Gossip
16
Activities
■ Identify your important roles
■ Identify each role you will play in your weekly plan
■ Identify items on your weekly plan that do not support
your personal mission statement
■ Delegate or delete such items
■ How are your daily activities serving your long term
personal mission
■ Multi-tasking capability
17
2 3 1 4 5 6
Next Three Habits
■ Address Interdependence: public victories
■ Habit 4: Think Win/Win
■ Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be
Understood
■ Habit 6: Synergize
18
Habit 4. Think Win/Win
■ Principle of Mutual Benefit
■ Identify the key issues and results that
would constitute a fully acceptable solution.
■ Make all involved in the decision feel:
! Good about the decision.
! Committed to the plan of action
19
Building Characters
■ Integrity, maturity, abundance mentality
■ There is enough success for everyone
■ In developing an organizational culture, be
sure to reward win/win behavior among
colleagues and employees and avoid
inadvertently rewarding win/lose behavior.
■ Establishing a win-win agreement helps to
create foundation for an effective, long-
term relationship.
20
21
Random Thoughts
■ One could be more successful if his/her
friends and colleagues are successful.
■ One criteria to evaluate a professor is to
see how successful of his PhD students.
■ Truly wish the best for all my current and past
students and willing to help you ☺
22
Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be
understood
■ Learn as much as you can about the
situation – “Listen, listen listen”.
■ Put yourself into other’s shoes
■ Try to see the problem from the other
person’s perspective.
■ Present things logically, not emotionally.
■ Be credible, empathic, and logical
23
Empathic Listening
■ Giving advice before empathetically
understanding will likely result in rejection of that
advice.
■ Effective listening is not simply echoing what the
other person has said through the lens of one's
own experience.
■ It is putting oneself in the perspective of the
other person, listening empathically for both
feeling and meaning.
Habit 6: Synergize
■ Principles of Creative Cooperation
• Find ways of working in teams.
• Apply effective problem solving.
• Apply collaborative decision making.
• Value differences.
• Build on divergent strengths.
• Leverage creative collaboration.
• Embrace and leverage innovation.
24
Whole is greater than the sum of the parts
■ Through mutual trust and understanding, one
often can solve conflicts and find a better
solution than would have been obtained through
individual solution
■ When synergy is pursued as a habit, the result
of the teamwork will exceed the sum of what
each of the members could have achieved on
their own.
■ Collaboration in our lab
■ E.g., between Chinese students and American students
25
Habit 7: Sharpen your saw
■ Balanced self-renewal
■ The seventh habit is one of renewal and
continual improvement, that is, of building one's
personal capability.
■ To be effective, one must find the proper balance
between actually doing and improving one's
capability to do that which you value.
26
Human Maintenance
■ The physical you: food, water, exercise
■ The mental you: learning and education
■ The social/emotional you: friends and
relationships
■ The spiritual you: beliefs and values
■ Reward: increased energy, clear thinking,
commitment to values, connection to those who
are important to you
27
The Eighth Habit
■ Find your voice and inspire others to find
theirs
■ Voice lies at the nexus of
■ talent (your natural gifts and strengths)
■ passion (those things that naturally energize,
excite, motivate and inspire you)
■ need (including what the world needs enough
to pay you for)
■ conscience (that still, small voice with that
assures you of what is right and that prompts
you to actually do it).
28
29
7 actions for a successful career
1. Enjoy. Find a job you enjoy, one that
doesn’t really feel like work.
2. Learn. Continue to learn and expand your
skill set. (particularly industrial job)
3. Communicate. Develop strong
communication skills. The best work is of
little value if you can’t communicate it
clearly and succinctly.
4. Work hard. The harder you work, the
better you’ll do.
30
7 actions for a successful career
5. Evolve. Be prepared for changes in your career,
and remember that every change is
accompanied by new opportunities.
Faculty changes research direction every 5-10 years
6. Plan. Figure out what you want to do in your
career and your life.
Talk to people who are doing what you want to do in
10 years and learn what experiences you will need to
get there
7. Share. As your experience grows, share your
knowledge with others.
Find a way to give something back to society.
31
Questions?
■ Further Thoughts?

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02-22-16- Seven habits of Highly Effective People_Kun Sun.pdf

  • 1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Kun Sun College of William and Mary 02/22/2016 1
  • 2. About the Book ■ By Stephen R. Covey ■ Published in 1989 ■ Interviewed the CEOs of Fortune 500s Top Companies ■ 246 Weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List ■ Over 15 million copies sold 2
  • 3. About the Slides ■ Majorly borrowed from the web ■ ‪http://www.bumc.bu.edu/clinepi/files/2009/07/Seven-Habits.ppt‪.‬ ■ http://home.sandiego.edu/~kunkel/TeachingMaterials/ 7%20Habits.ppt ■ http://www.sachem.edu/schools/north/pdfs/ coveysevenhabits.pdf 3
  • 4. Seven habits: 1. Be proactive 2. Begin with the end in mind 3. Put first things first 4. Think win-win 5. First understand, then be understood 6. Synergies 7. Sharpen your saw 8. Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs (added in 2004) 4
  • 5. Personality vs. Character ■ Character is closely related to moral and ethical values. It focuses on the traits that are unique to a person. Character is often regarded as the true self, meaning that it represents deep rooted attributes possessed by a person. ■ Personality is often referred to as the mask identity of a person. It is reflected by the outer appearance and behavior that may or may not be true to inner character. 5
  • 6. Personality Ethic vs. Character Ethic ■ Personality Ethic (post WWI) ■ Personality, public image, attitudes & behaviors, skills and techniques, quick fixes ■ Character Ethic (pre WWI) ■ Integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty, the Golden Rule ■ Not just “What do I want?” but “Why do I want it?” 6
  • 7. Character Ethic ■ It is the primary traits. ■ Personality Ethic are secondary, which may help one to play the game to succeed in specific circumstances ■ Long term success requires both ■ Absolute principles that exist in all human beings. ■ Examples of such principles are fairness, honesty, integrity, human dignity, quality, potential, and growth. ■ Principles contrast with practices that are for specific situations whereas principles have universal application. 7
  • 8. The Seven Habits Move us through Stages ■ Dependence: the paradigm under which we are born, relying upon others to take care of us. ■ Independence: the paradigm under which we make our decisions and take care of ourselves. ■ Interdependence: the paradigm under which we cooperate to achieve something that cannot be achieved independently. 8
  • 9. The First Three Habits ■ Focus on Independence: Celebrate Private Victories ■ Habit 1: Be Proactive ■ Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind ■ Habit 3: Put First Things First 9
  • 10. Habit 1: Be Proactive ■ proactive vs. reactive when it comes to how you respond to things. • When you are reactive, you blame other people and circumstances for obstacles or problems. • Being proactive means taking responsibility for every aspect of your life. • Between stimulus and response, we have the power of free will to choose our response. 10
  • 11. The Power to Choose our Response ■ Highly effective people make the decision to improve their lives through the things that they can influence rather than by simply reacting to external forces. ■ When faced with a problem, they take initiative to find solutions rather than just reporting the problem and waiting for others to solve for them. ■ Three types of problems ■ Directly controlled ■ Indirectly controlled (focus on this) ■ Out of control 11
  • 12. 12 Be proactive • Take the initiative and make things happen. • Aggressively seek new ideas and innovations. • Don’t let a negative environment affect your behavior and decisions. • Work on things that you can do something about. • If you make a mistake, learn from it.
  • 13. Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind ■ Create a clear vision of direction and destination to help in attaining your goal. ■ This is about setting long-term goals based on "true north" principles that will guide your daily life. ■ “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -- Mahatma Gandhi 13
  • 14. Professional Goal ■ Near term -- 5 year plan ■ Industry ■ Academia (research vs teaching) ■ Non-profit organization (e.g., MITRE) ■ Research lab ■ Government Agency (e.g., DoD, DHS, Darpa) ■ Startup ■ More? ■ Long term ■ Entire career 14
  • 15. Habit 3: Put First Things First ■ Identify the key roles that you value in life, and make time for each of them. ■ Continually review and prioritize your goals. ■ Busy is not productive! ■ Separate important and urgent tasks. ■ Say NO to doing unimportant tasks. ■ The definition of important will change ■ Different stage of phd, assistant, associate, full professor 15
  • 16. Time Management Matrix 1A Grant writing Manuscripts Seminars Improve research infrastructure 1B Experiment discussions Experimental work Organizing data Relationship building Mentoring Personal development 2A Interruptions Some meetings Much mail Many seminars 2B Complaining Some phone calls TV/ games Gossip 16
  • 17. Activities ■ Identify your important roles ■ Identify each role you will play in your weekly plan ■ Identify items on your weekly plan that do not support your personal mission statement ■ Delegate or delete such items ■ How are your daily activities serving your long term personal mission ■ Multi-tasking capability 17 2 3 1 4 5 6
  • 18. Next Three Habits ■ Address Interdependence: public victories ■ Habit 4: Think Win/Win ■ Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood ■ Habit 6: Synergize 18
  • 19. Habit 4. Think Win/Win ■ Principle of Mutual Benefit ■ Identify the key issues and results that would constitute a fully acceptable solution. ■ Make all involved in the decision feel: ! Good about the decision. ! Committed to the plan of action 19
  • 20. Building Characters ■ Integrity, maturity, abundance mentality ■ There is enough success for everyone ■ In developing an organizational culture, be sure to reward win/win behavior among colleagues and employees and avoid inadvertently rewarding win/lose behavior. ■ Establishing a win-win agreement helps to create foundation for an effective, long- term relationship. 20
  • 21. 21 Random Thoughts ■ One could be more successful if his/her friends and colleagues are successful. ■ One criteria to evaluate a professor is to see how successful of his PhD students. ■ Truly wish the best for all my current and past students and willing to help you ☺
  • 22. 22 Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood ■ Learn as much as you can about the situation – “Listen, listen listen”. ■ Put yourself into other’s shoes ■ Try to see the problem from the other person’s perspective. ■ Present things logically, not emotionally. ■ Be credible, empathic, and logical
  • 23. 23 Empathic Listening ■ Giving advice before empathetically understanding will likely result in rejection of that advice. ■ Effective listening is not simply echoing what the other person has said through the lens of one's own experience. ■ It is putting oneself in the perspective of the other person, listening empathically for both feeling and meaning.
  • 24. Habit 6: Synergize ■ Principles of Creative Cooperation • Find ways of working in teams. • Apply effective problem solving. • Apply collaborative decision making. • Value differences. • Build on divergent strengths. • Leverage creative collaboration. • Embrace and leverage innovation. 24
  • 25. Whole is greater than the sum of the parts ■ Through mutual trust and understanding, one often can solve conflicts and find a better solution than would have been obtained through individual solution ■ When synergy is pursued as a habit, the result of the teamwork will exceed the sum of what each of the members could have achieved on their own. ■ Collaboration in our lab ■ E.g., between Chinese students and American students 25
  • 26. Habit 7: Sharpen your saw ■ Balanced self-renewal ■ The seventh habit is one of renewal and continual improvement, that is, of building one's personal capability. ■ To be effective, one must find the proper balance between actually doing and improving one's capability to do that which you value. 26
  • 27. Human Maintenance ■ The physical you: food, water, exercise ■ The mental you: learning and education ■ The social/emotional you: friends and relationships ■ The spiritual you: beliefs and values ■ Reward: increased energy, clear thinking, commitment to values, connection to those who are important to you 27
  • 28. The Eighth Habit ■ Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs ■ Voice lies at the nexus of ■ talent (your natural gifts and strengths) ■ passion (those things that naturally energize, excite, motivate and inspire you) ■ need (including what the world needs enough to pay you for) ■ conscience (that still, small voice with that assures you of what is right and that prompts you to actually do it). 28
  • 29. 29 7 actions for a successful career 1. Enjoy. Find a job you enjoy, one that doesn’t really feel like work. 2. Learn. Continue to learn and expand your skill set. (particularly industrial job) 3. Communicate. Develop strong communication skills. The best work is of little value if you can’t communicate it clearly and succinctly. 4. Work hard. The harder you work, the better you’ll do.
  • 30. 30 7 actions for a successful career 5. Evolve. Be prepared for changes in your career, and remember that every change is accompanied by new opportunities. Faculty changes research direction every 5-10 years 6. Plan. Figure out what you want to do in your career and your life. Talk to people who are doing what you want to do in 10 years and learn what experiences you will need to get there 7. Share. As your experience grows, share your knowledge with others. Find a way to give something back to society.