The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Training

Powerful lessons in Personal Change

!   The Seven Habits center on timeless and universal principles of personal, interpersonal, managerial, and organizational effectiveness.

!   Its An ongoing process of clarifying your values and aligning yourself and your life with these.

What is a habit?

Knowledge- What to, why to

Desire- Want to

Skills- How to

Habit

!   However before we are able to change our habits we must be able to shift our paradigms

!   Paradigm is- a theory, an explanation, or model of something else.

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See Paradigm Behavior

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Paradigm shift

Stephen covey states that the 7 habits move us progressively on a Maturuty Contimunum which comprises of 3 stages

Level of the “we”

Level of the “I”

Level of the “you”

Habit 1:- Be Proactive

!   We must realise that we are “response- able”.

!   Proactive people do not blame outside forces

!   Freedom to choose your response

!   Language is a good indicator- “I can”, “I will” as compared to a reactive person who uses words like ‘I can’t”, “I have to”, “If only”

Stimulus  

Response  

Freedom  to  

Choose  

Self-­‐  Awareness  

Imagination   Conscience  

Independent  Will  

•  Proactive people focus their efforts on the things they can do something about.

•  Reactive people focus their efforts over which they have little or no control

Habit 2:- Begin with the End in Mind

!   Habit 2 is based on imagination--the ability to envision in your mind what you want

!   the principle that all things are created twice applies-There is a mental creation (first) , and a physical creation (second).

!   It's about connecting with your own uniqueness and then defining the personal, moral, and ethical guidelines within which you can most happily express and fulfill yourself

!   This habit states- it's all right to say no when necessary and then focus on your highest priorities

Habit 3:- Put First Things First

!   Habit 3 is about life management --your purpose, values, roles, and priorities

!   This habit is where Habits 1 and 2 come together.

!   It deals with many a question from the field of time management.

!   To put first things first, you are organizing and managing time and events according to the personal priorities you established in Habit 2.

!   It tells us to deal with impotant things first. Important things may not be urgent thus if we don’t know whats important we generally give impotance to urgent things first.

The Maturity Continuum

Habit 4 :- Think Win Win

!   All of us to base our self-worth on comparisons and competition.

!   sees life as a cooperative arena

!   A win win attitude requires you to be both nice and tough.

!   It’s a balancing act between courage and consideration, empathy and confidence being sensitive and brave

!   Amazon having a win win attitude. Affiliate marketing bring them on top of the dot com bust and making it a global phenomenon today.

Habit 5:- seek 1st to understand then be understood

!   This habit talks about communication and how we all are missing a very vital aspect of communication which is listening.

!   We all listen autobiographically- we only imbibe things relevant to us and space out the rest

!   Thus we tend to respond in one of four ways:

!   Evaluating:-You judge and then either agree or disagree.

!   Probing:-you ask questions from your own frame of reference.

!   Advising: You give counsel, advice, and solutions to problems.

!   Interpreting: You analyze others' motives and behaviors based on your own experiences.

!   The Steps to Better Listening

!   Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. – listening with your ears isn’t good enough, because only 7 percent of communication comes from the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53%) and the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40%). To hear what other people are really saying, you need to listen to what they are not saying.

!   Stand in their shoes.

!   Practice mirroring. – Reflect. Repeat back to the person what they just said. Put it in your own words. This lets the person know you understand what they are saying without judging or giving advice.

Habit 6 :- Synergize

!   synergy means "two heads are better than one."

!   Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation.

!   It's a process in which people bring all their personal experience and expertise to the table.

!   Synergy lets us discover jointly things we are much less likely to discover by ourselves.

!   It brings out differences that add zest to life and bring out greatness.

!   Do Families have synergy?

Habit 7:- Sharpen the saw

!   Having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual.

!   Feeling good doesn't just happen. It means taking the necessary time to renew yourself.

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