7 habits of highly effective people (1)

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Independence

Dependence

Interdependence

PUBLICVICTORY

PRIVATE

VICTORY

Seek First toUnderstand

Then to beUnderstood

Synergize

Think Win/Win

Put FirstThings First

BeProactive

Begin withthe End in Mind

THE SEVEN HABITS PARADIGM


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The word proactive means that we are responsiblefor our own lives.

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not

our conditions.We can subordinate feelings to values.

We have the initiative and the responsibility to

make things happen.

Highly proactive people recognize thatresponsibility.

Habit-1 Be Proactive


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Habit-1 Be Proactive Contd

They do not blame circumstances, conditions, orsocial conditioning for their behavior.

Their behavior is a product of their ownconscious choice, based on values, rather than aproduct of their conditions, based on feeling.

Proactive people are still influenced by external

stimuli but their response, conscious orunconscious, is a value based choice or response.


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REACTIVE LANGUAGE PROACTIVE LANGUAGE

Theres nothing I can do Lets look at our alternatives

Thats just the way I am I can choose a different approach

He makes me so mad I control my own feelings

They wont allow that I can create an effective presentation

I have to do that I will choose an appropriate response

I cant I choose

I must I prefer

I f only I will


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Begin today with the image, picture, or paradigm ofthe end of your life as your frame of reference of thecriterion by which everything else is examined.

Each part of your lifetodays behavior, tomorrowsbehavior, next weeks behavior, next monthsbehaviorcan be examined in the context of thewhole, of what really matters most to you.

By keeping that end clearly in mind, you can makecertain that whatever you do on any particular daydoes not violate the criteria you have defined as

supremely important.

Habit-2 Begin With The End

In Mind


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Habit-2 Begin With The End in

Mind Contd

To begin with the end in mind means to startwith a clear understanding of your destination.

It means to know where youre going so that you

better understand where you are now and so thatthe steps you take are always in the rightdirection.


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Habit 1 says that you are the programmer.

Habit 2 says to write the program.

Habit 3 says to run the program.

Living the life is primarily a function of ourindependent will, our self-discipline, our integrity,and commitment.

Living is not to the impulse of the moment, but tothe correct principles and our own deepest values.

Organize and execute around priorities.

Habit-3 Put First Things First


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Win/Win is a frame of mind and heart thatconstantly seeks mutual benefit in all humaninteractions.

Win/Win means that agreements or solutionsare mutually beneficial, mutually satisfying.

With a Win/Win solution, all parties feel goodabout the decision and feel committed to theaction plan.

Its not your way or my way; its a better way.

Habit-4 Think Win/Win


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Habit-4 Think Win/Win Contd

And if a solution cant be found to benefit bothparties they agree to disagree agreeablyNoDeal.

Anything less than Win/Win in aninterdependent reality is a poor second best thatwill have impact in the long-term relationship.

The cost of that impact needs to be carefullyconsidered.

If you cant reach a true Win/Win, youre veryoften better off to go for No Deal.


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Habit-5

Seek First to

Understand,

Then to Be

Understood

Listening with the intent tounderstand is called empathic

listening.Empathic listening gets insideanother persons frame ofreference.

You look out through it, yousee the world the way they seethe world, you understand their

paradigm, you understand howthey feel.

Empathy is not sympathy


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Habit-5

Seek First to Understand, Then to Be

UnderstoodEmpathic listening is so powerful because it

gives you accurate data to work with.

When you present your own ideas be clear,specific, visual, and most important,contextualin the context of a deep

understanding of the other persons paradigmsand concerns.

You will significantly increase the credibility ofyour ideas.


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Habit-5

Seek First to Understand, Then to Be

UnderstoodWhat youre presenting may even be different

form what you had originally thought because in

you effort to understand, you learned. You arent just listening with your ears, but also

with you eyes and your heart.

Empathic listening involves much more thanregistering, reflecting, or even understanding thewords that are said.


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Synergy is the essence of principle-centeredleadership.

It catalyzes, unifies, and unleashes thegreatest power within people.

Simply defined, it meant that the whole isgreater than the sum of its parts.

Without doubt, you have to leave the comfortzone of base camp and confront an entirely newand unknown wilderness.

Habit-6 Synergize


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Habit-6 Synergize Contd

You become a trailblazer, a pathfinder.

You open new possibilities, new territories, newcontinents, so that others can follow.

The essence of synergy is to value differencesto respect them, to build on strengths, tocompensate for weaknesses.


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Habit-7 Sharpen the Saw

Habit 7 is preserving and enhancing the greatestasset you haveyou.

Its renewing the four dimensions of your

naturephysical, spiritual, mental, and social.

Express all 4 motivations.

Exercise all four dimensions of our natureregularly and consistently in wise and balancedways


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Habit-7 Sharpen the SawContd

This is the single most powerful investment wecan ever make in lifethe investment inourselves.

We are the instruments of our ownperformance, we need to recognize theimportance of taking time to regularly sharpenthe saw in all four ways.


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