The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People©

By Dr. Stephen Covey

1. BE PROACTIVE
 I am responsible for my choices and have the freedom to choose.
 I am responsible of my behavior and the choices I make.
 I can expand my personal freedom and influence through being response-able.
 Recognize reactive triggers, increase my circle of influence, become a transition
person and exercise the four human endowments.
2. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
 Mental creation precedes physical creation.
 I can choose my future and create a vision of it.
 I will create results mentally before beginning any activity.
3. FIRST THINGS FIRST
 Effectiveness requires balancing important relationships, roles, and activities.
 Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter
least.
 Focus on Quadrant II and plan weekly; implement daily, based on my mission.
4. THINK WIN-WIN
 Effective relationships require mutual benefit.
 I seek the benefit of others, as well as my own.
 I get better results by cooperating interdependently than competing independently.
 Balance courage with consideration and persist in looking for win-win outcomes.
5. SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD
 Diagnosis must precede prescription, and understanding comes through listening.
 Assume I don't fully understand and by listening first, I'll be better understood.
 Use empathic listening… from the other's frame of reference.
6. SYNERGIZE
 The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
 I value the differences in others and seek the Third Alternative (a cooperative
solution reached in a win-win spirit that all parties feel good about).
 Working together cooperatively takes time but produces better long-term results.
 Use the synergy ground rules (win-win mentality; open mind; value differences)
and apply habits 4 & 5.
7. SHARPEN THE SAW
 Production (results) require the development of Production Capability (resources).
 I will continuously improve and renew in the four dimensions of life.
 Set and achieve goals for personal P/PC balance.
 FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
 P/PC Balance
 Paradigms; See Do Get
 Maturity Continuum
 Work from the Inside Out
 Trust is a balance of character and competence
 All systems are perfectly aligned to get the exact results they deliver.

This outline is provided by Jason Blackburn of Laser Focus Training LLC.

www.LaserFocusTraining.com