Seven Habits of Highly

Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey
 Agenda
What is Habit?
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then To Be
Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw
Conclusion
Excellence is an art won by
training and habituation.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit
Aristotle
 Knowledge
(what to, why to)

Habits
Skills Desire
(how to) (want to)

Habits
Internalized principles
& patterns of behavior
The Habits of Personal Effectiveness

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First things First
 Proactivity is the habit of
Personal Vision
Habit 1
Be Proactive
Be responsible for your life
Make Choices from Values Not Temporary or
Immediate Feelings
Best way to predict your future is to CREATE
IT!
 Proactive Model
Freedom
Stimulus to Response
Choose

Self - Independent
Awareness Will

Imagination Conscience
Beginning with the End in Mind is the
habit of Personal Leadership
Habit 2
Beginning with the End in Mind
Discover a personal mission
Support it with chosen roles and goals
Establish personal values that will guide
proactivity
Visualize and create a mental image of what
you want to create physically
How Good Am I
at Personal
Planning?
Develop a Personal
Mission Statement .
..
. . . or philosophy or creed:
what you want to ____,
what you want to ____,
and your beliefs and values
 Develop Goals
Short-term
Intermediate
Long-term

___________ goals
Putting First Things First is the habit
of Personal Management
Habit 3
Put First Things First
Operate every day from priorities established
in your mission, roles, and goals
Translate your mission into specific daily
activities
Create optimal value from your time
 The Time Management Matrix
Urgent Not Urgent
I The ____________ II The _____________
Important

Exam tomorrow Planning, goal setting

Friend gets injured Paper due in a week
Late for work/class Exercise
Project due today Relationships/relaxation

III The Yes-man IV The ___________

Not Important

Unimportant phone Too much TV

calls Endless phone calls
Interruptions Excessive computer
Other peoples small games
problems Mall marathons
Peer pressure Other time wasters
 The Time Management Matrix
Urgent Results:
I The Procrastinator Stress
Burnout
Important

Crisis
management
Always putting
out fires
 The Time Management Matrix
Results:
Short-term focus
Crisis management
Reputation-chameleon
type character
Urgent See goals and plans as
III The Yes-man worthless
Not Important

Feel victimized, out of

control
Shallow or broken
relationships
 The Time Management Matrix
Results:
Total
irresponsibility
Fired from jobs Not Urgent
Dependent on IV The Slacker

Not Important
others or
institutions for
basics
 The Time Management Matrix
Not Urgent
Results:
II The _______________
Vision, perspective

Important
Balance
Discipline
Control
Few crises
 Long - Term Organizing

Mission
Roles Goals
Statement
 Weekly Organizing

Roles Goals Plans

Schedul Delegate
e
 The Habits of Interpersonal
Effectiveness
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then
to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
 Think Win-Win is the habit of
Interpersonal Leadership
Habit 4
Think Win-Win
Wanting other people to win as well as
yourself
Belief in Third Alternative
A solution that gives everyone what they want
Unites people in helpful, supportive ways
 Levels of Communication

High ___________ (Win/Win)

Trust __________ (Compromise)

Low
_________ (Win/Lose or Lose/Win)

Low Cooperation High

Seek First to Understand is the habit
of Communication
Habit 5
Seek First to Understand
Being genuinely interested in seeking another
persons point of view whether or not you
agree
Attitude of openness
Skill of empathetic listening
Helps search for mutually beneficial
alternatives
 Synergy is the habit of Creative
Cooperation
Habit 6
Synergize
Seeing and appreciating differences in a
relationship as a source of information and
creativity
Others points of view can increase the
effectiveness of an interaction
Experience in true interdependency
 Seven Habits Paradigm

7 ________ Interdependence

5 6
the ______ 7
4

Independence

1 2
Dependence
 Four Dimensions of Renewal
__________
Exercise, Nutrition
Stress Management
Mental Social/Emotional
Reading, Visualizing, Service, Empathy,
Planning, Writing Synergy,
Intrinsic Security
__________
Value Clarification &
Commitment
& Meditation