- Stephen Covey

About the book & the author Defining a habit 7 Habits

Critical Evaluation/ Conclusion

Be Proactive Begin with the end in mind Put first things first Think Win-Win Seek first to understand and then to be understood Synergize Sharpen the Saw

Stephen R Covey, co-founder of the FranklinCovey Company.

Dr Covey holds an MBA degree from a Harvard and a doctorate from Brigham Young University. Top of the best seller books for over 7 years. More than 10 millions copies have been sold in 28 languages in 70 countries. Other books by the author : First Things First, Principle Centered Leadership & 7 Habits for Highly

Effective Teens

Highly effective people take the initiative. They are proactive. They are response-able. They do not impose limits on themselves that prevent them from acting. They don't blame genetics, circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behaviour. Proactive person uses proactive language--I can, I will, I prefer, etc They may not be able to control their circumstances, but they can decide how to make the best use of those circumstances.

Effectiveness is not just a matter of reaching a goal but rather of achieving the right goal. Imagine ourselves sitting in the back of the room at our funeral. Imagine what people could honestly say about us based on the way we are now. Do we like what we hear? Is that how we want to be remembered? If not, we must change it. We must take hold of our life. We can begin by drafting a personal mission statement that outlines our goals and describes the kind of person we want to be.

We should never let our most important priorities fall victim to the least important. We spend our time reacting to urgent circumstances and emergencies, and never invest the necessary effort to develop the ability to prevent emergencies in the first place. We confuse the important with the urgent. The urgent is easy to see. The important is harder to discern. We must spend more time on planning, avoiding pitfalls, developing relationships, cultivating opportunities and recharging ourselves. We must focus on important but not urgent activities.

Paradigms of human interaction. Win/Win Lose/Lose Win/Lose Win Lose/Win Win/Win or No Deal
The best option Win/Win Dimensions of Win/Win :
Character Relationships Agreements Supportive Systems Processes

To develop win/win relationships, we must find out what the other parties want, and what winning means to them. We must always try to understand what the other people want and need before we begin to outline our own objectives. We must not object, argue or oppose what we hear. We must listen carefully, and think about it. We must try to put ourselves in the other partys shoes.

Two heads are better than one

Its a habit of Creative Cooperation. Its about Team Work, Team Building. Cooperation & Communication are the two legs of a synergistic relationship. People interact genuinely, theyre open to influence, hence they gain new insight. This Leads to Generation of new ideas. How can it be achieved?
By Valuing the differences.

Preserving the greatest asset YOU Four dimensions to our nature : Physical, Spiritual, Mental and Social/Emotional. Physical : Diet , Relaxation, Exercise Spiritual : Immersing in Literature, Music or Meditating. Mental : Puzzles, Reading/Writing, Planning Social : Increasing Interactions with people, socializing. Sharpen the Saw - Balance the four dimensions

Type of the book: Self-Help/NonFictional/Motivational Likes : Thought-Provoking and provides an indepth analysis on human psychology. Dislikes : The language of the book could have been little more simple Impact : One can learn how to be an efficient person and can develop the overall personality Usefulness : Time Management, Personal Management, Fore-Sightedness, Prioritizing, GoalSetting Management.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process

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Courtesy: Keshavi Sharma Renuka Gorthi Surbhi Bapna Sahil Khurana