The habits

Of Highly Effective People

Habits have a tremendous gravity pull



Lift off takes a lot of effort,
but once we break out of the gravity pull,
our freedom takes on a whole new dimension

Ready for take off ?



You are respons-able: able to choose your respons!
Habit 1:
Be proactive
Circle of Concern
Circle of influence
We have a wide range of
concerns, but not all of them
fall into our circle of influence

Proactive people focus their efforts in their circle of
influence, causing the circle of influence to increase







Reactive people focus their effort in the circle of concern.
The negative energy generated by that focus causes the
circle of influence to shrink

Anytime we think the problem is out there,
that thought is the problem

You can choose your language
Reactive:

I must
If only
They made me
If I had




Proactive:

I prefer
I will
I choose
I can be

Habit 2:
Begin with the end in mind


The key to the ability to change
is a changeless sense of who you are,
what you are about and what you value
Is the script you are living in harmony with your values?
Habit 3:
Put first things first


The key to time
management is not to
prioritize whats on
your schedule but to
schedule your
priorities
Its almost impossible to say NO to the popularity
of urgent, non important matters, if you dont have
a bigger YES burning inside
Things which matter most should never be at
the mercy of things which matter least
Goethe
Habit 4: Think Win/win
You can only achieve win/win solutions
with win/win processes

Its not your way or my way, its a better way
Habit 5:
Seek first to understand,
then to be understood


We have such a tendency to fix things up with
good advice, but often we fail to take the time to
diagnose, to really deeply understand another
human being first

Reading your own autobiography
into other peoples lives
is nt (even close to) listening
Habit 6:
Synergize
The whole is greater
than the sum of its parts
When we are left to our own experiences,
we constantly suffer from a shortage of data

The person who is truly effective has the humility to recognize his own
perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available
through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings

In order to have influence,
you have to open yourself up
to b influenced

Habit 7:
Sharpen the Saw
Read, write, relax, exercise, play, love, get involved, meditate
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from
little things I am tempted to think there are no little things

Bruce Barton

The end
Reference
This is the visual
essence of the book
The 7 habits of
highly effective
people by Stephen
R. Covey as seen by
Marina Noordegraaf

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