UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE DURANGO
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
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MANUFACTURA
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“7 Habits of Highly Effective People”
BY:
ANDRES DAVID ROSALES TERRAZAS
TEACHER: DR. JOSE ANTONIO RUVALCABA GRANADOS
GENERACIÓN 2021-2024
Viernes 28 de Octubre de 2022
Individual Effectiveness
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is the proven individual effectiveness operating system.
Participants develop increased maturity, greater productivity, and the ability to manage
themselves. They will come away with the ability to execute critical priorities with laser-like
focus and careful planning.
Habit 1: Be Proactive.
Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life. Proactive people recognize that they
are “response-able.” They don’t blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their
behavior. They know they can choose their behavior. Reactive people, on the other hand, are
often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their
behavior. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn’t, it affects their attitude and
performance, and they blame the weather.
Between the stimulus and the response is our greatest power—we have the freedom to
choose our response.
One of the most important things we choose is what we say.
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind.
Begin With the End in Mind is based on imagination—the ability to envision in your mind what
you cannot at present see with your eyes. It is based on the principle that all things are
created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical
creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint.
If you don’t make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, then
you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default. It’s about
connecting again with your uniqueness and then defining the personal, moral, and ethical
guidelines within which you can most happily express and fulfill yourself.
One of the best ways to incorporate Habit 2 into your life is to develop a Personal Mission
Statement. It focuses on what you want to be and do. It is your plan for success. It reaffirms
who you are, puts your goals in focus, and moves your ideas into the real world. Your mission
statement makes you the leader of your own life. You create your destiny and secure the
future you envision.
Habit 3: Put First Things First.
Prioritize and achieve your most important goals instead of constantly reacting to urgencies.
Habit 3 is the practical fulfillment of Habits 1 and 2. Habit 1 says, “You are the creator. You are
in charge.” Habit 2 is the first mental creation, based on imagination, the ability to envision
what you can become. Habit 3 is the second creation, the physical creation.
This habit is where Habits 1 and 2 come together. It happens day in and day out, moment-by-
moment. It deals with many of the questions addressed around time management. But that’s
not all; habit 3 is about life management as well—your purpose, values, roles, and priorities.
What are “first things?” First things are those things you find of most worth.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win.
Collaborate more effectively by building high-trust relationships.
Think Win-Win isn’t about being nice, nor is it a quick-fix technique. It is a character-based
code for human interaction and collaboration.
Most of us learn to base our self-worth on comparisons and competition. We think about
succeeding in terms of someone else failing—if I win, you lose; or if you win, I lose. Life
becomes a zero-sum game. There is only so much pie to go around, and if you get a big piece,
there is less for me; it’s not fair, and I’m going to make sure you don’t get anymore. We all
play the game, but how much fun is it really?.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.
Influence others by developing a deep understanding of their needs and perspectives.
Because you so often listen autobiographically, you tend to respond in one of four ways:
• Evaluating: You judge and then either agree or disagree.
• Probing: You ask questions from your own frame of reference.
• Advising: You give counsel, advice, and solutions to problems.
• Interpreting: You analyze others’ motives and behaviors based on your own
experiences.
Habit 6: Synergize.
Develop innovative solutions that leverage differences and satisfy all key stakeholders.
To put it simply, synergy means “two heads are better than one.” Synergize is the habit of creative
cooperation. It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old
problems. But it doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a process, and through that process, people bring
all their personal experience and expertise to the table.
When people begin to interact together genuinely, and they’re open to each other’s influence,
they begin to gain new insight. The capability of inventing new approaches is increased
exponentially because of differences.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw.
Increase motivation, energy, and work/life balance by making time for renewing activities.
Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have—you. It means
having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical,
social/emotional, mental, and spiritual.
As you renew yourself in each of the four areas, you create growth and change in your life.
Sharpen the Saw keeps you fresh so you can continue to practice the other six habits. You increase
your capacity to produce and handle the challenges around you. Without this renewal, the body
becomes weak, the mind mechanical, the emotions raw, the spirit insensitive, and the person
selfish. Not a pretty picture, is it?
