7 habits of highly effective people by stephen covey
TRANSCRIPT
• This is the ability to control one's environment, rather than control other.
• It is more than taking initiative.
Be Proactive
What happens to a bottle of soda when you shake it up?
It EXPLODES!
What happens to a bottle of water when you shake it up?
It stay calm!
• 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.
circleof
influence
circle of
concern
Focus on things you can change or influence
Things you can’t control
Things you can control or change
How could you be more proactive?
Things you CAN’T
control or change:
• Other people• The weather
• Things you did wrong in the past
•How other people treat me
• Homework
Things you CAN
control or change:
• Your attitude• Your mood
• Your reaction to good and bad
things that happen
•How I treat other people
• We are responsible to make things happen• We are responsible for our action• We choose our behavior• When things don’t go your way, you aren’t
happy, BUT you stay calm.• Concept of circle of concern and circle of
influence
Convincing Part of Habit
• As emotion is the part of human nature because of which an expert person can be derailed from proactiveness.
Doubtful Part of Habit
• It helps in handle situation• It helps in making good choices about how
you respond to something happening • You are always ready with a calm attitude• It make sure that the right things will happen
at right time.• It focus on those things that you can
change(circle of influence)
Appreciations
• Time taking activity• Lots and lots of practice required.
Criticism
• This habit is based on the principle that all things are created twice.
• There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation
• It state that we decide the direction of our life.• It also advocate the different roles we play in life and
the need to maintain a balance between these roles• If you don’t know where you are going, how will you
know when you get there.
Begin with the End in Mind
Imagine Having to Fix This
How useful is that to have the end in mind
• Before you figure out the “end”, you have to take a look at what YOU want!
• By doing one exercise a person can identify what he want in end?
• After ten years a newspaper decides to do a story about YOU! They interview four people about you. These could be friends or family. What would you want them to say about you?
MISSION STATEMENT
• We write our own script• All things are created twice and The physical
creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint.
• One of the best ways to incorporate Habit 2 into your life is to develop a Mission Statement.
Convincing Part of Habit
• Difference between ideas and priorities can be threat.
Doubtful Part of Habit
• Helpful in making mission statement• Re-write our own mission statement• Covey emphasizes that our self-awareness
empowers us to shape our own lives, instead of living our lives by default.
Appreciations
• This habit is where habit 1 and habit 2 comes together.
• Habit 3 is the second creation, the physical creation
• This is the habit of discipline and management of your life as per the direction you have chosen.
• This habit differentiate between URGENT & IMPORTANT.
Put First Things First
• We must have the discipline to prioritize our day-to-day actions based on what is most important, not what is most urgent.
• We should plan according to the nature of thing.
• We should make weekly schedule
Convincing Part of Habit
Doubtful Part of Habit
• It will better control• Grantees successful completion of tasks• Avoid panic situations
Appreciations
Criticism