Table of Contents
Fate
- Destiny
- We often complain and blame fate and destiny for our current state of affairs
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand,
Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Habit 1: Be Proactive
- The habit of CHOICE
- Proactive versus Reactive Person
- See alternatives and not roadblocks
- “I am free to choose and I am responsible for my choices.”
Habit No. 2
- Begin with the end in mind The habit of VISION
- Think about your FUNERAL and things you would be remembered
for……. - Mental creation precedes physical creation Define practical outcomes
Habit 3
- Put first things first Simple to understand but difficult to implement The habit of integrity and execution
- Focus on important and not just the URGENT Plan weekly, act daily
Habit 4
- Think WIN WIN The habit of Mutual Benefit
- Avoid scarcity mentality Develop abundance mentality
- Build trust with co workers Effective long term relationships require mutual respect and mutual benefits
Habit 5
- Seek first to understand then to be understood The habit of MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
- To communicate effectively we must understand each other Practice empathetic listening Give honest, accurate feedback
- Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply
Habit 6
- Synergy/ synergize
- The habit of creative cooperation
- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
- Synergize to arrive at new and better alternatives
- Synergy encourages us to work together as a team
- Synergizing increases our capabilities to manifold levels
- This enables us to achieve our goals
Habit 7
- Sharpen the saw
- The habit of renewal
- To maintain and increase our effectiveness we must renew ourselves in body, heart, mind and soul
- Sharpen your saw to save time andenergy Focus on making oneself better Improve- physical, social/ emotional, mental and spiritual aspects
- “There’s no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.”
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