This document summarizes Stephen Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People". It outlines the 7 habits which are: 1) Be Proactive, 2) Begin with the End in Mind, 3) Put First Things First, 4) Think Win-Win, 5) Seek First to Understand, 6) Synergize, and 7) Sharpen the Saw. Each habit is briefly described, such as putting things in order of importance rather than urgency, listening to understand others before being understood, and taking time for self-renewal in different dimensions. Activities are suggested for applying each habit, like creating a time management matrix and identifying neglected important tasks.

1. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

2. We all want to succeed & one path to success is to
inculcate habits that can help us in our Journey !!

3. • Highly effective People take the Initiative
• They do not impose Limits on themselves that prevent
them from acting .
• They recognize that they have the freedom to
determine the kind of character .
• They may not be able to control their circumstances,
but they can decide how to make the best use of those
circumstances .
Habit 1 : Be Proactive

5. Circle of Concern & Circle of Influence

6. Response-ability
• Responsibility is the ability to choose your response.
• Highly Proactive People recognize their responsibility.
They do not blame circumstances, Conditions or
conditioning for their behavior.
• Their behavior is a product of their own conscious
choice, based on values

7. Challenge Yourself
• Start Replacing Reactive language with Proactive
• Reactive : He makes me so mad
• Proactive : I control my own feelings
• Convert reactive tasks into Proactive Tasks

8. Reactive VS Proactive Focus
• There is nothing I can do
• I have to do that
• I can’t
• I must
• Things are going worse
• Lets look at other alternatives
• I will choose proper response.
• I choose
• I prefer
• What initiatives can we take ?

9. Habit 2 : Begin with the End in Mind
• All Things are created twice
• Identify your centre
• A Principle Centre
• A Personal Mission Statement

10. Activity !!!
• Visualize in rich detail your own funeral .
• Break down different roles in your life & list 3 to 5 goals you
to achieve
• Define what Scares you.
• Put first things first

11. Challenge is not to manage time but to
manage ourselves – Stephen Covey
Habit 3 : Put Things First

12. Habit 3 : Put Things First
• Time Management Matrix
Urgent Not Urgent
Important
QUADRANT I
crises, pressing problems,
deadline-driven projects
QUADRANT II
prevention, Personal
development, relationship
building, recognizing new
opportunities, planning,
recreation
Not important
QUADRANT III
interruptions, some calls, some mail,
some reports, some meetings, popular
activies
QUADRANT IV
trivia, busy work, some mail, some
phone calls time wasters, pleasant
activites

13. • We spend our time reacting to urgent circumstances &
emergencies & never invest the necessary efforts to develop
the ability to prevent emergencies in the First Place .
• We confuse the important with the urgent . The urgent is
easy to see . The important is harder to discern .
• We must spend more time on planning , avoiding pit falls ,
developing relationships , cultivating opportunities & re
charging ourselves .
• Follow Pareto Principle - 80% of your time comes from 20%
of your time

14. Activity
• Identify a Quadrant 2 activities that your have been
neglecting.
• Create your own time management Matrix to start
prioritizing
• Estimate how much time you spend in each Quadrant
& then log your time of a week & check how much
time was spent on Quadrant 2.

15. Habit 4 : Think Win / Win
• Understand the objectives & aspirations .
• Do not oppose , object or argue what we hear .
• Listen carefully & think about it .

16. Habit 5 : Seek First to Understand
• Empathic Listening
• Diagnose before you Prescribe
• Four Auto biographical responses
• Then seek to be understood
• One on One

17. Habit 6 : Synergize
• Synergistic Communication
• Synergy in Business

18. • Effective synergy depends on Communication.
• We often don’t listen, reflect & respond but instead
we hear & reflect reflexively.
• Cooperation & Communication are the two important
aspects of synergetic relationship .

19. Habit 7 : Sharpen the Saw
• Take Time Out to build the capacity to do
what is important through personal renewal .
Maintain a balance among the different dimensions
(Physical ,Mental , Social, Emotional & Spiritual
Dimensions ) .

21. Lets inculcate these habits &
influence others lives ……