The document summarizes Stephen R. Covey's book "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" which outlines seven habits that effective people practice. The habits are: 1) Be Proactive by taking responsibility for your own life instead of reacting to outside forces. 2) Begin with the End in Mind by visualizing your goals and planning backwards. 3) Put First Things First by prioritizing important tasks. 4) Think Win-Win by having a cooperative mindset. 5) Seek First to Understand others by listening empathetically. 6) Synergize by recognizing the potential in differences between people. 7) Sharpen the Saw by continuously improving yourself physically, mentally, socially and spiritually.

1. Habits of
HIGHLY
7Effective
Peoplebook by stephen r. Covey
Ender aydın orak • 2014

2. adj. Effective
Having an intended or expected effect.
Producing a strong impression or
response

3. personal victory

4. 1. Be Proactive
“They cannot take away our self-respect
if we do not give it to them.”
Mahatma Gandhi

5. 1. Be Proactive
Proactivity: Being responsible for your
own life.
Control your own destiny or someone
else will.

6. 1. Be Proactive
Reactive people are driven by feelings,
circumstances, conditions, the
environment.
Proactive people are driven by carefully
considered, selected and internalized
values.

7. 1. Be Proactive
Take responsibility
Take action

8. 2. Begin with an end in mind
“Visualizing something organises one’s
ability to accomplish it.”
Stephen R. Covey

9. 2. Begin with an end in mind
Visualize where you want to go
Plan it out

10. 3. Put First things first
“Things that matter most must never be
at the mercy of things which matter
least.”
Goethe

11. 3. Put First things first
Set priorities

12. Public victory

13. 4. Think Win/Win
“Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative.
It’s not your way or my way: it’s a better way”
“Comparison leads to win-lose scripting”
Stephen R. Covey

14. 4. Think Win/Win
Have a mindset of winning together

15. 5. Understand First
“We need to listen to one another if we
are to make it through this age of
apocalypse and avoid the chaos of the
crowd”

16. 5. Understand First
Actively listen
Empathic listening
Listen to understand, not to respond

17. 6. Synergize
“Strength lies in difference, not in
similarities. ”
“I don’t not see the world as it is, I see the
world as I am.”
Stephen R. Covey
”

18. 6. Synergize
The whole is greater than the sum of its
parts
Valuing the differences

19. 7. Sharpen The Saw
“He whose two days are equal, is a loser.”
Hz. Muhammed

20. 7. Sharpen The Saw
4 Dimensions: Physical, Mental,
Spiritual, Social
Spend one hour a day for these activities

21. 8. Find your voice & inspire
others
Help
&
Inspire

22. Thanks.

23. 7 Habits of Highly Efficient People
book by Stephen R. Covey