This is the visual essence of the

book “The 7 habits of highly

effective people” by Stephen R.
Covey

Presented by :
 Marzuk Hashim
 Mohd Izham Mohd A. Wahid
 Wan Muhammad Faizal Ismail
 Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Mohamad
About the Author : Stephen R. Covey
Recognized as one of Time magazine's 25 most influential
Americans, Stephen R. Covey has dedicated his life to
demonstrating how every person can truly control their
destiny with profound, yet straight forward guidance. As an
internationally respected leadership authority, family expert,
teacher, organizational consultant, and author, his advice has
given insight to millions.
Some of Stephen R. Covey's milestones:
 Over 20 million books sold (in 38 languages)
 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential
Business Book of the Twentieth Century
 Authored four titles with sales exceeding one million copies each: First
Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly
Effective Families, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
 Latest book, The 8th Habit , has sold nearly 400,000 copies
 MBA from Harvard, doctorate degree from Brigham Young University
 Co-founder & vice-chairman of Franklin Covey (the leading global
professional services firm) -- offices in 123 countries
 International Entrepreneur of the Year Award
 Awarded eight honorary doctorate degrees
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Habit 1 : Be Proactive
Habit 2 : Begin with the End Mind
Habit 3 : Put First Things First
Habit 4 : Think Win/Win
Habit 5 : Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Habit 6 : Synergize
Habit 7 : Sharpen the Saw
…………..& lesson learned

"Voice is unique personal significance—that is revealed as we face our greatest

challenges and that makes us equal to them.“--Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Habits have a tremendous gravity pull
 Lift off takes a lot of effort,
but once we break out of the gravity pull,
our freedom takes on a whole new dimension
Ready for take off ?
 Habit 1:
Be proactive

“You are respons-able: able to choose your respons!”

Circle of Concern

We have a wide range of concerns,

but not all of them fall into our
circle of influence

Circle of influence
“Proactive people focus their efforts in their circle of influence,
causing the circle of influence to increase

Reactive people focus their effort in the circle of concern. The

negative energy generated by that focus causes the circle of
influence to shrink”
“Anytime we think the problem is out there,
that thought is the problem”
 You can choose your language

Reactive: Proactive:

I must I prefer
If only I will
They made me I choose
If I had I can be
 Habit 2:
Begin with the end in mind
 The key to the ability to change
is a changeless sense of who you are,
what you are about and what you value
 Habit 3:
Put first things first
 The key to time
management is not to
prioritize what’s on your
schedule but to schedule
your priorities
 It’s almost impossible to say NO to the popularity of
urgent, non important matters, if you don’t have a bigger
YES burning inside
“Things which matter most should never be at the
mercy of things which matter least”
Goethe
Habit 4: Think Win/win
“You can only achieve win/win solutions
with win/win processes”
It’s not your way or my way, it’s a better way
 Habit 5:
Seek first to understand, then to
be understood
 “We have such a tendency to fix things up with good
advice, but often we fail to take the time to diagnose, to
really deeply understand another human being first”
Reading your own autobiography
into other people’s lives
is nót (even close to) listening
Habit 6:
Synergize

“The whole is greater

than the sum of its parts”
“When we are left to our own experiences,
we constantly suffer from a shortage of data”
“The person who is truly effective has the humility to recognize his own perceptual
limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with
the hearts and minds of other human beings”
 In order to have influence,
you have to open yourself up
to bé influenced
 Habit 7:
Sharpen the Saw
Read, write, relax, exercise, play, love, get involved, meditate …
“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little
things … I am tempted to think … there are no little things”

Bruce Barton