The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People!
There are certain books you can read again and again, this week I again read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, one such enormously influential self-help book that taught us the 'Principles of Effectiveness'. Once we make these Principles into Habits, we may be on our way to More Success, Both in Our Personal & Our Professional Lives. I thought of sharing the key message of the book this week. For lasting effectiveness, we may need to adopt these Seven Habits:
*The first habit: Be proactive and take control of your own fate.* You have a natural need to wield influence on the world around you, so don’t spend your time just reacting to external events and circumstances. Take charge and assume responsibility for your life.
*The second habit: Begin with the end in mind.* Don’t spend your life working aimlessly, tackling whatever job comes to hand. Have a vision for the future and align your actions accordingly to make it into a reality.
*The third habit: Put first things first.* To prioritize your work, focus on what’s important, meaning the things that bring you closer to your vision of the future. Don’t get distracted by urgent but ultimately unimportant tasks.
*The fourth habit: Think “win-win.” Forming stable relationships with others means investing in emotional bank accounts.* When negotiating with others, don’t try to get the biggest slice of the pie, but rather find a division that is acceptable and beneficial to all parties. You’ll still get your fair share and build strong positive relationships in the process.
*The fifth habit: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.* When someone presents us with a problem, we often jump right to prescribing a solution. This is a mistake. We should first take time to really listen to the other person and only then make recommendations.
*The sixth habit: Synergize by treating others with openness and respect.* Adopt the guiding principle that the contributions of many will far exceed the sum total of individual contributions. This will help you to achieve goals you could never have reached on your own.
*The seventh habit: Sharpen the saw if you want to keep sawing.* Don’t work yourself to death. Strive for a sustainable lifestyle that affords you time to recuperate and recharge, so that you can stay effective in the long-term.
Whatever it is that you want to improve, you’ll only get there if you change yourself first. And the surest way to achieve lasting personal change is to develop better habits, I have shared seven such habits. Be the change you want to be.
Happy Sunday!! Keep Moving & Smiling!!🏃🏽😊
*The first habit: Be proactive and take control of your own fate.* You have a natural need to wield influence on the world around you, so don’t spend your time just reacting to external events and circumstances. Take charge and assume responsibility for your life.
*The second habit: Begin with the end in mind.* Don’t spend your life working aimlessly, tackling whatever job comes to hand. Have a vision for the future and align your actions accordingly to make it into a reality.
*The third habit: Put first things first.* To prioritize your work, focus on what’s important, meaning the things that bring you closer to your vision of the future. Don’t get distracted by urgent but ultimately unimportant tasks.
*The fourth habit: Think “win-win.” Forming stable relationships with others means investing in emotional bank accounts.* When negotiating with others, don’t try to get the biggest slice of the pie, but rather find a division that is acceptable and beneficial to all parties. You’ll still get your fair share and build strong positive relationships in the process.
*The fifth habit: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.* When someone presents us with a problem, we often jump right to prescribing a solution. This is a mistake. We should first take time to really listen to the other person and only then make recommendations.
*The sixth habit: Synergize by treating others with openness and respect.* Adopt the guiding principle that the contributions of many will far exceed the sum total of individual contributions. This will help you to achieve goals you could never have reached on your own.
*The seventh habit: Sharpen the saw if you want to keep sawing.* Don’t work yourself to death. Strive for a sustainable lifestyle that affords you time to recuperate and recharge, so that you can stay effective in the long-term.
Whatever it is that you want to improve, you’ll only get there if you change yourself first. And the surest way to achieve lasting personal change is to develop better habits, I have shared seven such habits. Be the change you want to be.
Happy Sunday!! Keep Moving & Smiling!!🏃🏽😊
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