Stephen Covey on Effective Habits

By: Muhammad Ghayas

“Seven” Habits at Work

Need for effectiveness

• No company can succeed until individuals within it succeed. No group can achieve its objectives until its people achieve theirs

– Dr. Stephen R. Covey,

Desire

Habits Defined

• Knowledge is the what to do and why.

• Skill is the how to do.

• Desire is the motivation, the want to do.

• A habit is the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire.

Knowledge

Skill

Habit

Webster defines habit: is settled or regular tendency or practice, esp. one that is hard to give up.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

1. Be Proactive

2. Begin with the End in Mind

Private Victory

Seven Habits Model

Maturity Continuum

It is the outline of the

(Seven habits of highly effective people)

Dependence

Independence

Interdependence

YOU

I

WE

Change Model

SEE

THINKDO

VALUES

PRINCIPLES

THOUGHTSTHOUGHTS

WORDSWORDS

ACTIONSACTIONS

HABITSHABITS

CHARACTERCHARACTER

DESTINYDESTINY

Habit #1Be Proactive

Reactive Behavior•Reactive people allow outside influences (moods, feelings, or circumstances) to control their behavior.

Stimulus

Response

What happens to a bottle of soda when you shake it up?

It EXPLODES!

Sometimes things go wrong, and we feel shaken up. As a result, we might EXPLODE on someone or something. This is called being REACTIVE.

Reactive Behavior

When you are PROACTIVE, you make a choice about how you react to the things that happen in your life. You act like a water bottle. You might get shaken up or mad, but you stay calm and don’t explode!

Proactive Behavior

Proactive Vs. Reactive Statement

I control my feelings

Vs

They make me so Angry

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Where do you focus your time and energy?

• Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence.

• Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern.

Circle of Influence

Circle of Concern

Proactive Focus Reactive Focus

“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”

Things you CAN’T control or

change:

•Other people

•The weather

•Things you did wrong in the past

•How other people treat you

Circle of Influence & Concern

Things you CAN control or change:

•Your attitude

•Your mood

•Your reaction to good and bad things that

happen

•How I treat other people

Ghandi: They cannot take our self respect unless we give it to them.

Action Response

Freedom to

choose

Self Awareness

Self Imagination Self Conscience

Independent Will

Proactive Model

Habit One: Be Proactive

A Proactive Media Campaign

Habit 2:

Begin with the end in mind

Why Mission Statement Is Important?

If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there?

Begin with the End in MindBegin with the End in Mind

An Underlying PrincipleAn Underlying Principle

Mental creation precedes physical Mental creation precedes physical creationcreation

Habit 2: Begin with an end in Mind

• Most endeavors that fail, fail with the first creation.

Mental

Creation

Physical Creation

All Things Are Created Twice

"Begin with the End in Mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things