We are what we repeatedly do,

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Aristotle

The 7 Habits
1.

Be Proactive

2.

Begin With The

3.

End In Mind

4.

Think Win-Win

Put First Things

5.

Seek First To Understand

Then to be understood

6.

Synergize

First

7.

Sharpen the Saw

The 7 Habits can help you

Get control of your life

Improve your
relationships with your
friends
Make smarter decisions
Get along with your
parents
Overcome addiction
Define your values and
what matters most to
you

Get more done in less

time
Increase your selfconfidence
Be happy
Find balance between
school, work, friends,
and everything else

The Private Victory

Habit 1 Be Proactive
Take Responsibility For Your Life
Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind
Define Your Goals In Life And Control
Your Own Destiny or Someone Else Will
Habit 3- Put First Things First
Do the Most Important Things First

The Public Victory

Habit 4 Think Win Win
Have An Everyone-can-win Attitude
Habit 5 Seek First to Understand,
Then to Be Understood

Listen To People Sincerely

Habit 6- Synergize
Work Together To Achieve More
Habit 7- Sharpen the Saw
Renew Yourself Regularly

HABIT 1

BE
PROACTIVE

REACTIVE PEOPLE

Are easily offended

Blame others
Get angry and say things they later
regret
Whine and complain
Wait for things to happen to them
Change only when they have to

PROACTIVE PEOPLE

Are not easily offended

Take responsibility for their choices
Think before they act
Bounce back when something bad
happens
Always find a way to make it happen
Focus on things they can do
something about, and dont worry
about things they cant

BEING PRO ACTIVE INVOLVES HAVING

SELF-AWARENESS: I can stand apart from myself
and observe my thoughts and actions
CONSCIENCE: I can listen to my inner voice to
know right from wrong.
IMAGINATION: I can envision new possibilities
WILLPOWER: I have the power to choose

CIRCLE OF CONCERN
CIRCLE OF
INFLUENCE

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PROACTIVE
FOCUS

CIRCLE OF CONCERN
CIRCLE OF
INFLUENCE

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REACTIVE
FOCUS

CIRCLE OF CONCERN
CIRCLE OF
INFLUENCE

HABIT 2

BEGIN
WITH THE
END IN
MIND

Where am I going?

Why people dont

set Goals ?

Belief in Luck

Lack of Ambition

Lack of Knowledge

Procrastination

WELL DESIGNED GOALS

ILL DESIGNED, CONFLICTING GOALS

HABIT 3
PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

Things which matter the most

must never be at the mercy of things
that matter the least
Goethe

IMPORTANT
NOT IMPORTANT

URGENT
QUADRANT I
ACTIVITIES:

NOT URGENT
QUADRANT II
ACTIVITIES:

CRISES
PRESSING PROBLEMS
DEADLINE DRIVEN PROJECTS

PREVENTION
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
RECOGNIZING NEW
OPPORTUNITIES
PLANNING, RECREATION

QUADRANT III
ACTIVITIES:

QUADRANT IV
ACTIVITIES:

INTERRUPTIONS
SOME CALLS, SOME MAILS
SOME REPORTS, SOME
MEETINGS
PRESSING MATTERS
POPULAR ACTIVITIES

TRIVIA, BUSY WORK

SOME MAIL
SOME PHONE CALLS
TIME WASTERS
PLEASANT ACTIVITIES

NOT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT

URGENT
QUADRANT I

NOT URGENT
QUADRANT II
PRIORITIZER

PROCRASTINATOR

QUADRANT III
YES-MAN

QUADRANT IV
TIME-WASTER

RESULTS

II

STRESS
BURNOUT
CRISES

MANAGEMENT
ALWAYS PUTTING OUT FIRES

III

IV

III

II

RESULTS

SHORT-TERM FOCUS
CRISIS

MANAGEMENT
REPUTATION-CHAMELEON CHARACTER
SEE GOALS AND PLANS AS WORTHLESS
FEEL VICITMISED, OUT OF CONTROL
SHALLOW & BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS

IV

II

III

IV
RESULTS

TOTAL IRRESPONSIBILITY
FIRED FROM JOBS
DEPENDENT ON OTHERS

II

VISION, PERSPECTIVE
BALANCE
DISCIPLINE
CONTROL
FEW CRISES

HABIT 4
THINK WIN-WIN

Paradigms of
Human
Interaction

Win/Lose- Authoritarian
Lose/Win- No demands, no expectations, no vision.
Lose/Lose- Vindictive, revenge
Win/Win- Mutually beneficial

Win/Win

Win/Win seeks mutual benefits in all human

interactions.

Win/Win means that agreements or solutions are

mutually beneficial.

Win/Win is the belief that its not your way or my

way; its a better way, a higher way.

HABIT 5
SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THEN TO
BE UNDERSTOOD

Selective
listening
Pretending

Ignoring

Attentive
listening

Empathic
listening

FAULTY PERCEPTIONS

There is no reason for any individual to

have a computer in their home
KENNETH OLSEN, PRESIDENT & FOUNDER OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION

Man will never reach the moon regardless

of all future scientific advances
Dr.LEE DE FOREST, INVENTOR OF AUDION TUDE AND FATHER OF
RADIO IN 1967

Can You Trust Your

Perceptions?

Could you be on slippery slope

of faulty perceptions?
Faulty

perceptions can
affect the way
you think, feel
& act

What then do you need to

do to be successful in
problem solving, decision
making, & conflict
Resolution?
Use all your senses
Be open, look at both sides of issues
Be analytical, identify & question
assumptions & stereotypes
Brainstorm, think out the box!
Be organized in your approach in
dealing with the issues

BE OPEN TO REALITY
THE WAY IT IS
RATHER THAN HOW
YOU PERCEIVE IT TO BE

HABIT 6
SYNERGIZE

II

VISION, PERSPECTIVE
BALANCE
DISCIPLINE
CONTROL
FEW CRISES

SHARPEN THE SAW

IT IS PRESERVING & ENHANCING THE
GREATEST ASSET YOU HAVE

YOURSELF

DIMENSIONS
SHARPENING
THE SAW IS
RENEWING THE
4 DIMENSIONS
OF YOUR
NATURE

FOUR DIMENSIONS OF RENEWAL

PHYSICAL

Exercise, Nutrition,
Stress Management

MENTAL

Reading, Visualizing,
Planning, Writing

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
Service, Empathy,
Synergy, Intrinsic Security

SPIRITUAL

Value Clarification
& Commitment, Study
& Meditation

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PHYSICAL RENEWAL
EXERCISE
NUTRITION
STRESS
MANAGEMEN
T

SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
VALUE
CLARIFICATION
AND
COMMITMENT
STUDY AND
MEDITATION

MENTAL RENEWAL
READING
VISUALIZING
PLANNING
WRITING

SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL RENEWAL

SERVICE
EMPATHY
SYNERGY
INTRINSIC
SECURITY

PERSONAL IMMUNE SYSTEM

Time wasters

Interruptions

Live the Seven Habits

Spend time
in productive
activities
Follow correct
principles

Pressing
problems

Crises

Control own life

Maintain high
Emotional Bank
Account with self
and others

Duplicity

Maintain reserve
capacity
Be resilient

Unkindness

Empower and
serve others
Communicate
Empathically
Synergize with
others using a
win-win approach

Violated
expectations

Outside stress
and pressures

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Many receive advice

Only the wise profit from it