The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Alon

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A’lon Holliday

Overview ► Primary Traits-Character Ethic which success is attributed more to underlying characteristics such as integrity, courage, justice and patience. ► Secondary Traits- Personality Ethic- skills, techniques, and maintaining a positive attitude.

The steps ► Dependence: Relying on others to take care of us ► Independence: we can make our own decisions and take care of ourselves ► Interdependence: we can cooperate to achieve something that cannot be achieved independently.

Be proactive ► Assessing the situation and developing a positive response for it. ► Proactive people are driven by values that are independent of the weather or how people treat them. ► Use difficult situations to help build character

Begin with the end in mind ► Each day of your life contributes in a meaningful way to the vision you have of you life as a whole.

Put first thing first ► Effective management ► Organize and execute around priorities ► Theory , calendars and appointments and efficient scheduling (control of time)

Private Victory precedes Public Victory ► Pg 186 Understanding Oneself to Understand Others ► Independence to Interdependence

Think win-win ► Seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions ► All parties feel good about the decesion and feel committed to the action ► Its not your way or my way it’s a better way or higher way

Seek first to understand then to be understood ► Listening – to understand enables you to influence ► I must open up with you- empathic listening ► Build emotional bank accounts

synergize ► The whole is greater than sum of its parts ► Value differences- to respect them, build on strengths and compensate for weakness ► Closely Trust is related to communication – Defensive-low, respectful-compromise, win/win synergy

Sharpen the saw ► Renewal – Physical, mental, spiritual and social/emotional Pg. 288 ► Exercising all four dimensions regularly and consistently in wise and balanced ways

Inside-Out Again ► Gap between Stimulus and Response and key to both growth and happiness is how we use that space.