1. Written by Stephen R. Covey

2. #1 - Bestseller In 1989
 A powerful self-help book for the framework of personal
and effective growth…
 This is a personal handbook for building growth &
leadership skills for all professionals …

3. THE SEVEN HABITS ARE
HABITS OF EFFECTIVENESS!
 THESE HABITS ARE BASED UPON PRINCIPLES, THAT
BRING PROVEN MAXIMUM LONG-TERM BENEFICIAL
RESULTS. THEY CAN BECOME THE BASIS OF EFFECTIVE
CHANGE FOR PERSONAL GROWTH.
 CREATING AND EMPOWERING AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE IN
A INDIVIDUAL.

4. An Overview Of The Seven
Habits..
 Our character is the collection of personal habits &
they are powerful roles in our lives!
 Habits consist of skills, knowledge and desires
 Knowledge allows us to know what to do, skills give us
ability to know how to do …..

5. WHAT IS HABIT?
 Habits are our very own collective knowledge, skills,&
desires. In order to make something a habit in our lives
we must have….
 Knowledge- your self-cognizance!
 Skills- your accomplishments!
 Desire- the motivation to do it!

6. WEBSTERS DICTIONARY Describe &
Writes:

Habits
 Refer to an act that is repeated so often by
an individual it is an automatic response
within self….

7. WHAT ARE THE 7 HABITS?
 1.BE PROACTIVE
 2.BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
 3.PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST
 4.THINK WIN / WIN
 5.SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND
 6. SYNERGIZE
 7.SHARPEN THE SAW ﾅﾎｱｵ

8. HABIT 1 :WHAT IS
“ PROACTIVE” ...
 IT IS A UNIQUE ABILITY THAT SETS US HUMANS
APART FROM ANIMALS ….
~SELF-AWARENESS~THE ABILITY TO
CHOOSE HOW WE RESPOND TO ANY
“STIMULI”…
 TO CHANGE IT MUST START FROM WITHIN
YOURSELF! HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE MAKE THE
DECISION TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES BY
“CHOOSING” RATHER THAN BY “SIMPLY
REACTING” TO EXTERNAL FORCES.

9. REMEMBER!
UNDERSTANDING “YOU” IS
ESSENTIAL TO SELF-AWARENESS,
TO KNOW YOUR OWN BELIEFS,
VALUES, STANDARDS,
SKILLS,STRENGTHS,AND
WEAKNESS BEFORE YOU CAN
INTERACT WITH OTHERS.

10. BE MOTIVATED AND PROACTIVE IN
FINDING OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
ABOUT YOURSELF.
THEN START APPLYING THESE NEW
HABITS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH OTHERS.
THIS IS WHEN CHANGE STARTS
WITHIN !

11. THE SKILLS FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
 TAKE INITIATIVE & KEEP COMMITMENTS
 MANAGE YOUR PERSONAL CHANGE
 TAKE RESPONSIBILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SELF
 MAKING YOURSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL RESULTS

12. HABIT 2 :
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND…
 DEFINE YOUR VISIONS & VALUES
 SET SHORT & LONG TERM GOALS
 START & FINISH PROJECTS
 PRIORITIZES YOUR GOALS
 KEEP FOCUSED ON YOUR DESIRED GOALS & OUTCOMES

13. There are no short-cuts here. To
engage in this habit, you need to
define your “Own Vision” and get
into the practice of setting your short
and long term goals. Until you have
defined your vision for your own
personal life and growth you can not
move on to habit #3.

15. HABIT #3
PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST…
 Use planning tools…
 Define tasks to achieve goals
 Eliminate low priorities
 Focus on important tasks
 Prioritizing important tasks first
 Then executing strategy to reach those goals….

16. Procedures to prioritizing !
 The key to time management is not to prioritizing what
is on your schedule …..
 But to schedule Your Priorities…
 Learning the process of effectively delegating to
others !

18. Put first things first...
Define what really matters
most in your life then
spend time on doing
those important things.

19. PRIVATE VICTORY
 THE FIRST THREE HABITS ARE INTENDED TO TEACH A
PERSON HOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE STATE OF
DEPENDENCE TO THE STATE OF INDEPENDENCE. IT
BEGINS WITH THE CREATION AND VISION THAT LEADS TO
A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSE OF PERSONAL VALUES AND
GOALS.

20. HABIT # 4 THINK WIN-WIN
 NOT AN ORIGINIAL PHRASE BUT IN ALL YOUR DEALINGS
WITH OTHERS PLAN & NEGOTIATE TO PROVIDE SUCCESS
FOR BOTH SIDES.
 SEEK POSTIVE AGREEMENTS IN RELATIONSHIPS THAT
ARE BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH SIDES.

21. THINK WIN-WIN
 BUILD HIGH
TRUST
RELATIONSHIPS
 BUILD AN
EFFECTIVE TEAM
 LEARN & APPLY
SUCCESSFUL
NEGOTIATION
SKILLS
 USE EFFECTIVE
COLLABORATION
 BUILD
PRODUCTIVE
CLIENT,
BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIPS

22. ATTITUDE THAT IS
MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL FOR
BOTH PARTIES
INVOLVED.

23. HABIT # 5

24. HABIT #5
 LEARN EMPATHIC
LISTENING SKILLS
 UNDERSTAND
OTHERS
 LEARN & DEFUSE
HIGH-TENSION
SITUATION
 COMMUNICATE
VIEWPOINTS
EFFECTIVELY!
 PROVIDING
PRODUCTIVE
INPUT &
FEEDBACK
 CREATE
EFFECTIVE
PERSUASION
TECHINQUES

25. EMPATHIC LISTENING
 THIS HABIT IS NOT
ABOUT JUST
LETTING OTHERS
SPEAK FIRST, IT IS
MAKING THE EFFORT
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS TRULY
BEING SAID!

26. BE PREPARED TO INVEST TIME
AND EFFORT IN REALLY
UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER
PERSONS POSITION. GET INTO
THE HABIT OF QUALITY TIME IN
THE VERY FIRST PART OF

27. DIAGNOSE BEFORE YOU
PRESCRIBE….
 WE ALL HAVE A TENDENCY TO FIX THINGS UP WITH
GOOD ADVICE, BUT OFTEN WE FAIL TO TAKE THE TIME
TO DIAGNOSE OR TO REALLY DEEPLY UNDERSTAND
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FIRST. READING YOUR OWN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY INTO OTHER PERSONS LIFE IS NOT
EVEN CLOSE TO EFFECTIVE LISTENING.

28. COVEY,WARNS US THAT….
 THAT GIVING OUT ADVICE BEFORE BEING
EMPATHETICALLY UNDERSTANDING TO A PERSON AND
THEIR SITUATION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE
REJECTION OF THAT ADVICE! COVEY, STATES THIS HABIT
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE OF ALL
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS.

29. HABIT # 6

30. SYNERGIZE
DESCRIBES:
WORKING IN TEAMS ,TO APPLY EFFECTIVE PROBLEM
SOLVING FOR CREATING EFFECTIVE TEAM WORK !

31. SYNERGIZE
 LEARN & APPLY
EFFECTIVE
PROBLEM
SOLVING
 APPLY
COLLABORATIVE
DECISION
MAKING
 VALUE
DIFFERENCES
 BUILD ON A
VARIETY OF
STRENGTHS
 SPECULATE
USING CREATIVE
COLLABORATION
 EMBRACE & USE
NEW
INNOVATION

32. HABIT #6: TO SYNERGISE:
 INVOLVES PUTING YOUR HEAD TOGETHER WITH OTHER
PEOPLE IN ORDER TO CREATIVELY BRAINSTORM A
SOLUTION TO ANY PROBLEM. IT WILL BE A BETTER
SOLUTION THAN THE FIRST PROPOSED SOLUTION. IT CAN
ONLY BE FOUND WHEN ALL PARTIES TRULY SYNERGISE!

33. THROUGH TRUSTFUL
COMMUNICATION AND
UNDERSTANDING ,ONE CAN
SOLVE CONFLICTS AND FIND A
BETTER SOLUTION THAN YOU
WOULD HAVE WHEN USING YOUR
OWN PERSONAL SOLUTION.

34. PUBLIC VITORY
 HABITS FOUR THROUGH SIX COMPLETE THE STEPS THAT
LEAD TO INTERDEPNDENCES BY SHOWING DIRECTION TO
ONE’S NEEDS AND DESIRES WITH THOSE OF OTHER
PEOPLE AND CREATE EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

35. HABIT # 7
SHARPEN THE
SAW !

36. HABIT #7 SHARPEN THE SAW!
 TO APPLY
CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
TO WHAT YOU
HAVE LEARNED
 SEEK POSITIVE
SELF-LEARNING
 PRACTICE SELF-
RENEWAL
 PRESERVING&
ENHANCING OUR
GREATEST
ASSESTS
“OURSELVES” BY
RENEWING THE
BODY & MIND,
SPIRIT & SOCIAL
DIMENSIONS TO
OUR NATURE!

37. THE FOUR DIMENSIONS
OF RENEWAL...
 PHYSICAL: Exercise,Nutrition,Stress Management
 MENTAL:Reading,Visualizing, Planning, Writing
 SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL:Services, Empathy, Synergy,
Security
 SPIRITUAL: Value Clarification &
Commitment,Study,&Meditation

38. YOU CAN DO THIS BY….
 READING
 WRITING
 RELAXING
 PLAYING
 GETTING INVOLVED
 TO LOVE
 MEDITATING
 PRAYING

39. Summary Slide
 IMPLEMENTING THE 7 HABITS IS A PROCESS…
 IT IS TO BREAK INEFFECTIVE BEHAVIORS & TENDENCIES
 CREATE HIGH LEVELS OF TRUST, UNITY & SYNERGY
 DEVELOP STRONG,INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS

40. 7 HABITS cont..
 TAKE INITIATIVE & RESPONSIBILITY
 FOCUS ON KEY PRIORITIES
 BUILD WIN-WIN RELATIONSHIPS
 COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
 VALUE DIVERSITY
 PRACTICE CONTINOUS IMPROVEMENT

41. IMPLEMENTING THE
7 HABITS IS A
PROCESS...
AND A ONGOING
LEARNING TOOL FOR THE
SPAN OF YOUR LIFETIME...