The Seven Habits – A way to be a better YOU

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The Seven Habit of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey



What do people need?



Basic human needs

Live

Love Learn

Leave a legacy



How mature are you?



Levels of Maturity

Stephen Covey “The Seven Habit of Highly Effective People”

Dependent Independent Interdependent



In a strict sense, we are all dependent!



It is about emotional dependency!



You are dependent if:

• You need to be recognized for what you do

• You seek gratification through the thanking of others

• You feel secure by the assurance of others

MOST OF THE TIME!



Do not get me wrong! You CAN NOT be happy without people!

Wait until we talk about interdependence.



To be Independent …

• You need to be …



Your life is a product of your values not your feelings



Your life is a product of your decisions not your conditions



You and I have the capacity to choose our response




• You need to take the initiative!



The last human freedom “the power to chose my response to any condition”



Between the stimulus and the response lies your freedom to chose the

response




• You need to focus on what you can affect!



I have to revenge!



It is not what people do to us that hurts us, it’s our chosen response that hurts

us



Reactive people think about how to get back on people who tried to hurt them



“Nothing can make you feel inferior without your consent” Eleanor Roosevelt



Language of the proactive person: I chose to, I prefer to, yes, no, I will …




• You need to set you own goals!



Develop a mission statement



Let it become your eye glasses you see everything through it



SMART Goals



Focus on relationships rather than schedules



Focus on leadership not management



Focus on your roles in life



Becoming Independent

Be Proactive Begin with the

End in Mind Put first things

First



Now that you became independent …



Let’s go for interdependence!



To become interdependent …

You need to think about what makes others happy



Think Win-Win



Nurture competency higher than yours without feeling threatened



Share knowledge, recognition, gain, profit



Builds a quality of a relationship



No deal is always an option! Agree to disagree agreeably.




• You need to listen and understand what others need



You need to be influenced to be able to influence



You need to diagnose before prescribing the medicine



Understand!



It requires patience and openness



It requires a lot of time, but it saves a lot of time on the long run



Understanding does not mean that you agree … it means that you accept the

other



Relationships are more important than efficiency




• You need to work out the solutions that will make everyone satisfied



Differences

– Do not respect differences!

– Do not accept differences!

– Do not tolerate differences!

– CELEBRATE differences!



Be Objective!



The key to objectivity is to realize that we are subjective!



You see the world as you are, not as it is



You look through the eyeglasses of your experience!



Synergy is the fruit!



Becoming interdependent

Think Win-Win

Seek first to Understand …

Synergize



Don’t forget your machine!



Sharpen the Saw!

Stephen Covey, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”



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