7 Habits of Highly

Effective People
 Author: Stephen R. Covey

 Presenters:
 Scott Tankersley
 Introduction, Habits 1-3

 Ibanga Ubom
 Habits 4-7, Conclusion
7 Habits of Highly
Effective People
 Beer drinking
 Laziness
 Gambling
 Lying
 Cheating
 Stealing
 Deception
Perspective
 Look AT the lens through which
you see the world
 Try to step out and view things
from other perspectives
 The lens shapes how we interpret
the world
Personality Ethic
 Public image
 Attitude
 Behavior
 Skills
 Technique
 2 Paths
 Human & Public relations techniques
 Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
Personality Ethic
 Examples
 “Your attitude determines your
ALtitude”
 “Whatever the mind can conceive and
believe, it can achieve”
 Can become superficial and appear
manipulative if approached
incorrectly
Character Ethic
 Consists of sincerity
 Primary trait
 Foundation on which our values are
built
 “What we are communicates far
more eloquently that anything we
say or do”
-Covey
The Power of a Paradigm
 The way we see the world – not in
terms of our visual sense of sight
but perceiving, understanding and
interpreting.
 Remember the lens
 Can be described as a map
 A model of something else
2 Types of Maps
 The way things are – REALITIES
 The way things should be – VALUES
 Always should evaluate the accuracy
 Ask yourself the question:
 “Are things really as they are, or as they
should be?”
 Paradigms are most often influenced by
our environment based upon things to
which we have been exposed.
The Habits
 The intersection
of knowledge, Knowledge

skill and desire

 Knowledge –
Habits
What to do
 Skill – How to do Skill Desire

 Desire – Want to
do
P/PC Principle
 P – Production
 PC – Production Capability
 Need to always maintain balance
between the two
 Can’t have one without the other
Habit 1
Be Proactive – Take the initiative and responsibility to
make things happen

 Example: Response-ability, meaning the ability to

choose your response.
 Proactive people:
 Are responsible for their own actions

 Are conscious of their own decisions and the

consequences of those decisions

 Do not blame circumstances, conditions or

conditions for their behavior

 Avoid being reactive
 Habit 1

Freedom
Stimulus To Response
Choose

Independent
Self- Will
Awareness
Imagination Conscience
Habit 2
Begin With the End In Mind: Begin today with a clear
image, picture, or paradigm of the final product as the
frame of reference or the criterion by which everything
else is examined

 Based upon principle: All things are created twice

 First Creation: Mental
 Second Creation: Physical
 Leadership vs. Management
 Leadership is the first creation
 “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing
the right things
-Peter Drucker
Habit 2
 Write a personal mission statement
 Set aside time to do review and
refine your mission statement often
 Identify your ‘center’
 Examine your principles as the
center
Habit 3
Put First Things First – Principles of Personal
Management

 Long Term planning

 Emphasis on a personal mission statement
 Know where you want to go (Habit 2)
 Short Term planning
 Prioritize
 Learn to say no
 Delegation is key to growing and becoming more
efficient
 Arrange schedule in manageable chunks – Weekly
 Set aside time to review and prioritize schedule
Habit 3
Urgent Not Urgent
I II
Important

ACTIVITIES: ACTIVITIES:
Crises Prevention, PC activities
Pressing problems Relationship building
Deadline-driven projects Recognizing new opportunities
Planning, recreation

III IV
Not Important

ACTIVITIES: ACTIVITIES:
Interruptions, some calls Trivia, busy work
Some mail, some reports Some mail
Some meetings Some phone calls
Proximate, pressing matters Time wasters
Popular activities Pleasant activities
Habit 3
 Effective people live in Quadrant II
 Effective people avoid Quadrants
III & IV
 Effective people are opportunity-
minded
 They feed opportunity and starve
problems
Habit 4
Think Win-Win: Principles of Interpersonal Leadership

Dimensions of Win-Win

 Character
 Relationships
 Performance Agreements
 Define results (not methods)
 Guidelines
 Resources
 Accountability
 Consequences
 Reward system
 Process
Habit 5
Seek First to Understand, Then to be understood
Principle Of Empathic Communication

Filters information or projecting onto others behavior

Levels

 Ignoring
 Pretending
 Selective listening
 Attentive listening
 Empathic Listening
 intent to understand one’s feelings, therapeutic, risky
How We Communicate

Estimate:
 10% - Words

 30% - Sounds

 60% - Body Language

Habit 6
 Synergize : Principles of Creative Cooperation

 Highest Activity in all life

 Whole is greater than the sum of its parts
 1 + 1 <>2 but 3 or more!
 Principled-Centered Leadership
 Catalyze
 Unify

 Unleashed the greatest power within people

Opens Minds and Hearts to New Possibilities

Transformational not Transaction
Habit 6 cont.
Valuing the Differences

Mental
Emotional
Psychological

Key

“All people see the world,

not as it is, but as they
are” - Covey
Habit 7
 Sharpen the Saw: The Principle of Balanced Self-Renewal

 Engaging in activities aimed at preserving and maintaining

ourselves

Dimensions
Physical
Social / Emotional
Mental
Spiritual

Balance In Renewal
Neglecting any one area impacts other Dimensions
Habit 7 cont.
The Upward Spiral

Renewal is the principle and

process that empowers us to move
on the upward spiral of growth and
change, of continuous
improvement
Questions?