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7 Habits of Highly Effective People Steven Covey

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7 Habits of Highly Effective

People

Steven Covey

Habit 1: Be Proactive

What is being Proactive?

How do I become a proactive person?

Why?

What Is Being Proactive?

Proactive- to make your own opportunities and taking action to become a leader, not a follower

Setting goals for yourself

How Do I Become A Proactive Person?

Without these, we cannot become proactive. We

become reactive. Self-Awareness Conscience Creative Imagination Independent Will

Why Become Proactive?

Becoming someone that does not blend into the flow

Able to make your own opportunities without waiting on something to happen

Set goals that you can achieve to become a better person

Proactive people can do anything that they set their minds to

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

What do you want to be said about you at your funeral?

Habit 3: Put First Things First Organize your tasks in order of importance

Then accomplish those tasks, starting with the most important and working your way down

You must balance Production (P) with Production Capacity (PC)

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

Win-Lose

Lose-Win

Lose-Lose

Win

Win-Win

No Deal

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be

Understood

Empathetic Listening is

KEY

Habit 6: Synergize

The real power of the Seven Habits is in their

relationship to each other, not just the individual

habits

Habit 7: Sharpening the Saw

Lessons for Life

• All of the seven habits combined, create a more balanced person

• Be Proactive; Not Reactive