7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
Be Proactive, Personal Vision
Habit 1:
Proactivity means that, as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our
behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
There are three central values in life: the experiential (that which happens to us), the creative (that which we bring into existence), and the attitudinal (our response to difficult
circumstances). What matters most is how we respond to what we experience in life.
Proactivity is grounded in facing reality but also understanding we have the power to
choose a positive response to our circumstances.
We need to understand how we focus our time and energy to be effective. The things we are concerned about could be described as our "Circle of Concern". There are things we
can really do something about, that can be described as our "Circle of Influence". When
we focus our time and energy in our Circle of Concern, but outside our Circle of
Influence, we are not being effective. However, we find that being proactive helps us expand our Circle of Influence. (Work on things you can do something about.)
Reactive people focus their efforts on the Circle of Concern, over things they can't
control. Their negative energy causes their Circle of Influence to shrink.
Sometimes we make choices with negative consequences, called mistakes. We can't
recall or undo past mistakes. The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. Success is the far side of failure.
At the heart of our Circle of Influence is our ability to make and keep commitments and
promises. Our integrity in keeping commitments and the ability to make commitments
are the clearest manifestations of proactivity.
Begin With The End In Mind, Personal Leadership
Habit 2:
There are three major aspects of our personal and business management. First is
leadership what do I/we want to accomplish? Second is management how can I best
accomplish it? Third is productivity doing it. According to Peter Drucker and Warren
Bennis, "Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things."
A starting point in beginning with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission
statement, philosophy or credo. It will help you focus on what you want to be (character),
do (contributions and achievements) and on the values and principles upon which your
being and doing are based. The personal mission statement gives us a changeless core
from which we can deal with external change. The principles we base our lives on should be deep, fundamental truths, classic truths, or
generic common denominators. They will become tightly interwoven themes running
with exactness, consistency, beauty and strength through the fabric of our lives.
In developing your personal mission statement, you can use your creative ability to
imagine life milestones such as birthdays, anniversaries, retirement and funerals. What accomplishments would you like to celebrate? Visualize them in rich detail.
Put First Things First Principles of Personal Management
Habit 3:
“Habit 1 I am the Programmer. Habit 2 Write the Program. Habit 3 Execute the
Program.”
Habit 3 is Personal Management, the exercise of independent will to create a life congruent with your values, goals and mission.
Time management is an essential skill for personal management. The essence of time
management is to organize and execute around priorities. Methods of time management
have developed in these stages: 1) notes and checklists recognizing multiple demands
on our time; 2) calendars and appointment books scheduling ...
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