The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Habit 1: Be Proactive

"Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."

when your proactive your always doing something. not that your hyper but that your doing something. you diligent and working. there is also a acne creme called this in the same meaning. the meaning is it actually working. your multitasking in doing your work and thinking about your future. you get things done, complete and on time. you don't waste your time and you use it wisely.you doing that keep yourself away from nonsense. you dont need to be mourning about and ex lover, you'll be too busy and forget the past. 

Recast your current problems into proactive goals.

-Suze Orman

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

"Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)

when you are about to do something you think it twice. you think of all the possibilities and strive. there's a difference between being pessimistic and realistic and in this case its realistic. your in change of what goes on in your life. your not indecisive your determined. you know what you want and your going to get it because you thought it through. you know how successful you'll be to get there and will. in a matter of time youll get what you want if your persistent and hard working. its not complicated, more like easy. but before making a decision make sure it has a good effect on you and those around you.

"successful people have the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either, necessarily, but their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose."

— Albert E Gray

Habit 3: Put First Things First

"Organize and execute around priorities." 

When you hear this you think to yourself about priorities. what are your priorities? its family, school then friends, you put your family over anyone. you finish your homework before going to eat with your friends, that's putting first things first. Its an everyday thing that you use to get far in life. like first you go to school then you can go home and play your video games. or clean your room before wanting to go to the movies. i dont know about you but i use this everyday. you have to set your goal after the other like after high school graduation, its a start of your new priorities. dont settle for the bare minimum and do something about. grow a pair and go up to your crush and talk to them in person instead of texting them.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Stephen Covey

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

"Think win-win or no deal"

What this means is when you go into do something you have confidence. you have a mentality that your going to win. if you don't have confidence then who else will. everything weighs heavily on you to be your own charisma. you want to win and not loose. if your gaining the best then take it, if not then leave. an example can be choosing a guy, if you don't think hell give you the best, and im talking about emotion, then leave. if he dosen't make you feel the happiest or the calmest well then he just isn't the one. decide the best for yourself and your outcome will be a win. think a win or no deal.

"I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation."

Bo Bennett

Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood

"diagnose before you prescribe"

What this means is you have to see both perspectives. in order for people to understand you, understand them. if your going to make a point, make it reasonable. don't expect to be understand if its something selfish or not fair. understand others and they'll understand you back.its a chain reaction, what you do reflects later on. if one day your sick and call in to work that you cant go and say you cant miss, it'll come back around. you have a negative attitude, so if you cant miss you make all your employers stay.you have to be understanding from peoples situations and know where their coming from. im not talking about sympathy but genuinely being understanding.

'Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

-Og Mandino

Habit 6: Synergize

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

to synergize is the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents. with working together they produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions.the increased effectiveness that results when two or more people or businesses work together. a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct business participants or elements (as resources or efforts).  the potential ability of individual organizations or groups to be more successful or productive as a result of a merger.  Cooperative interaction among groups, especially among the acquired subsidiaries or merged parts of a corporation, that creates an enhanced combined effect. The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.  An instance of either such interaction. the ​combined ​power of a ​group of things when they are ​working together that is ​greater than the ​total ​power ​achieved by each ​working ​separately:Team ​work at ​its ​best ​results in a synergy that can be very ​productive.

Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together we can prevail on the Navy to put commonsense safeguards in place, like requiring its ships to avoid the most sensitive marine mammal habitats and to stop their training exercises during peak migrations.

Pierce Brosnan

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw

Four dimensions of self renewal: physical, mental, spiritual, social/emotional

Sharpen The Saw discusses self-renewal, self-care, self-respect and self-improvement... so as the last chapter of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I believe this chapter also represents why most people initially decide to read this personal change book... their desire to improve. I see the previous 7 Habits as being foundation... and if you work with them. the previous 7 Habits build a very necessary and helpful foundation that will serve you well.The pace of change keeps accelerating, which I feel makes it even more important that we focus on improving ourselves and/or our organizations. Millennials and Generation Z employees are on a never-ending quest for knowledge and self-improvement... and Gen X and Boomers were self-improvement pioneers.Sharpening The Saw is an ongoing process of personal change -- not something you can binge -- like your favorite TV show (which I sometimes do). You need to define your own balanced, four-dimensional life to be successful! If you are a leader, I believe part of your role is to help the people who report into you and/or look up to you (your family), explore these dimensions and establish goals for themselves.We all have busy lifestyles; therefore it's no surprise we have to insert Sharpen The Saw into our Time Management best practices and make it part of our Quadrant II priorities (Habit 3). Our future success and ongoing reputation depends on us taking action. I've seen students have great success with this concept.

REFLECTION:

The first habit was to Be Proactive, and thats when you get up and do something with your life. the second habit is Begin with the end in mind, meaning be ready to what comes to you because its never the end. Habit number 3 is Put First Things First, and prioritize your time and people. habit number four is Think Win-Win, What this means is when you go into do something you have confidence. you have a mentality that your going to win. then theres habit number 5, Seek first to understand, then to be understood, What this means is you have to see both perspectives. in order for people to understand you, understand them.habit numer six is, Synergize, to synergize is the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents. with working together they produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. Last but not least there is Sharpen the saw, discusses self-renewal, self-care, self-respect and self-improvement. All of these are seven habits for effective people.