The 7 habits of highly effective people is a classic self-help book launched in 1989 and written by Stephen Covey, who exposes a different proposal to make changes in life that must go from the inside to the outside with the aim of being a person with a high level of effectiveness that is to say, for this author personal changes must take place from within to show or behave in a pleasant, receptive and successful manner; in addition, he mentions that these changes do not happen quickly and that they depend on the principles of each one.
Mainly the book describes in a basic way a kind of recipe about effectiveness, that is, presents a practical formula that helps personal growth to all kind of people, whether an entrepreneur, student or employee. The following lines will detail the 7 habits described by the author to be a highly effective person.
Contents
Being proactive
The author describes that people must review the circle of concerns where they are, in order to be able to focus the efforts, time and energy invested in the control of concern, because, by letting them be a mastery of the worries the proactivity decreases and sometimes procrastination appears, in Tips to stop procrastinating there are also some habits that can help on this matter. In addition, Covey seeks to dismantle who is responsible for the situation, showing that this depends on each person, their reactions and decisions they make, in a certain way mentions that each person owns the moment that is living and the future that will live.
Starting with an end in mind
The habit of beginning with an end in mind the day and the activities to be performed could be said to be the habit of personal leadership because it shows in a certain way, the needs of starting the days with the objectives and goals established. For Covey it is necessary to examine things that are going to be done no matter how simple they are by carrying out an exercise, which consists of applying almost every circumstance that presents in an image or paradigm that shows what you want to achieve.
Establishing First things First
For Covey this is the habit that allows you to delve into how to avoid and overcome distractions because you can’t be a highly effective person if you procrastinate and carry out activities that do not help the final goal such as watching series, watch social media, or surf the Internet aimlessly. Therefore, he mentions that it is necessary to classify each activity into 4 quadrants, which would be “Urgent and important” “Urgent and not important”, “Not urgent and important” and “Not urgent and not important”, in this way the person will be able to be focused and know what things should discard.
Thinking about Winning-Winning
The book focuses on growth and achieving, this is linked in some way to the control of thoughts, and so, thinking about growing and winning is of great importance to be an effective person, although there are many ways to think about human interactions at work, one of which has an excellent consequence is to think win-win.
Understand and then be understood
Most of the time people just want to be heard to have their proposals made and to have what they say fulfilled, however, Stephan Covey explains that communication in a positive way is based on learning to listen to the other, knowing what, how and when to say the things that are important to achieve an effective and successful conversation.
Synergy
The sixth habit focuses on synergy, considering that it is necessary to communicate synergistically, open everything to new possibilities and alternatives to be an effective person; this is achieved by mixing the first five habits mentioned above and how these will work together to achieve goals and achieve a balance between personal and professional life.
Sharpening the Saw
Habit seven is part of the renewal of people; this self-renewal is based on four dimensions which are physical, spiritual, mental and social-emotional. For the author this habit is very important because from the point of view of the entrepreneur is possible to understand that the previously mentioned dimensions must be care and cultivated, that is, “Sharpening the saw”.
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