The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Dr. Stephen Covey (1932-2012) was a highly significant management person. His book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People published in 1990, is a master piece for personal development.

Dr. Stephen Covey (1932-2012) was a highly significant management person. His book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People published in 1990, is a master piece for personal development. The principles described in this book can be used in general as they are not limited to supervision and headship. Covey’s concepts can help people to grow up their personalities, to make a great change to become more effective.

All these 7 habits are easy to understand but difficult to practice. These habits are quite simple and common but their effect is fabulous. If anyone wants a meaningful and peaceful life, he/she should adopt these habits. Covey’s values are full of honesty and mortality.

 

7 highly effective habits include:

1.      Be proactive:  It is the ability to control one’s environment. This includes Independence, choice and usage of power.

2.      Begin with the end in mind: For being highly productive and successful, you should have the ability to start from the end in your mind. Covey calls this personal leadership and mental creation.

3.      Put first things first:  This habit is about organization and implementation of activities in a row. Covey calls this physical creation.

4.      Think Win-Win: Covey says that, it is the interpersonal leadership because success depends on cooperation with others.

5.      Seek first to understand then to be understood: Covey calls this the habit of communication and it is the most powerful habit to learn and seek knowledge.

6.      Synergize: Covey calls this the habit of creative cooperation. The basic rule behind is that the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts.

7.      Sharpen the saw:  Covey calls this habit “self-renewal”. He takes the self into four parts: the spiritual, mental, physical and the social/emotional, which all need nourishing and mounting.

Many people have changed their life by adopting these habits. This is a brief review on this awesome book. His complete book is so fascinating and appealing and impressive. It is truly a MUST HAVE book!