The seven habits of highly effective people
This is a book I highly recommended everybody to read. This book is life changing for me-- Is beyond amazing ~ ! After reading this book, I have a totally different perspective about life and it totally helps me in developing my leadership skills in term of knowing my values, improve relationship with others, advance my working skills, and mostly understand what is important in life.
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businessball.com, this book is remarkably a set of inspirational and aspirational standards for anyone who seeks to live a full, purposeful and good life, and are applicable today more than ever, as the business world becomes more attuned to humanist concepts.
7 habits of effective people where Convey argues that life is made out of habits, and he is teaching us the 7 effective habits that will help us become successful in life. the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People are:
habit 1 - be proactive
This is the ability to control one's environment, rather than have it control you--I often complain about how things doesn't go my ways, I am unlucky and ect.. but Convey explains that we can control our self and situation as long as we are proactive. EX. if I complain about how I don't have enough time to write blog-- a proactive action would be -- make time, plan, and prioritize.
habit 2 - begin with the end in mind
Covey calls this the habit of personal leadership - leading oneself that is, towards what you consider your aims. What Convey also explains is that think of when you died. What do you want people to say at your funeral, what do you want them to remember you as? take time to deeply thinking about what you want other to remember you when you die will guide you to all the decisions you made early in life.
habit 3 - put first things first
Covey calls this the habit of personal management. This is about organizing and implementing activities in line with the aims established in habit 2. Covey says that habit 2 is the first, or mental creation; habit 3 is the second, or physical creation.
habit 4 - think win-win>
Covey calls this the habit of interpersonal leadership, necessary because achievements are largely dependent on co-operative efforts with others. He says that win-win is based on the assumption that there is plenty for everyone, and that if a decisions is not win-win situation for both then no deal should be done.
Habit 5 - seek first to understand and then to be understood
Clear communication and empathy of listening is extremely powerful. Covey refer to as 'diagnose before you prescribe'. Empathy listening means that you should block everything from your mind and listen carefully what other have to say before you response. This is a skill not every body can archive but I rarely accomblished.
habit 6 - synergize
Covey says this is the habit of creative co-operation - the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, which implicitly lays down the challenge to see the good and potential in the other person's contribution.
habit 7 - sharpen the saw
This is the habit of self renewal, says Covey, and it necessarily surrounds all the other habits, enabling and encouraging them to happen and grow. Covey interprets the self into four parts: the spiritual, mental, physical and the social/emotional, which all need feeding and developing.
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I loved this book as well. A lot of information on how to live a proactive positive life. I really took his idea of creating a mission statement and checking yourself to see if you are meeting that mission which you've created. There is a book similar to this which helps as well called The Drive. you might like that one.
ReplyDeleteI read this book for my Managment 605 class with Harris-Boundy. I must say it was very informative and helpful in the world of personal leadership. I learned a lot about what makes me tick, and more importantly what makes other people tick. Really informative post and a good reminder to strive to be an effective person.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this book as well. Like Mat, I took Mgmt 605 with Harris-Boundy and this was part of his reading requirements. I learn how to empathize and put myself into that person's shoes. I actually used this book and implemented it in my personal life. It works in any aspects. I enjoyed the personal stories the author included into the book. It allowed me to comprehend the reading a lot better than reading a standard text book.
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