THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

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THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

• PROF.S.QASIM A.SHAH
• DIRECTOR OF STUDIES
• GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING ACADEMY PUNJAB, LAHORE
• December 09, 2009

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FRANKLIN COVEYWE ENABLE GREATNESS
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Four Dimensions of Human NatureBody, Mind,
Heart, Spirit

• Body
• Cultural tendency maintain life style treat
  health problems with surgery and medication .
• Principle prevent diseases and problems by
  aligning lifestyle to be in harmony with
  established, universally accepted principles of
  health.
• Mind
• Culture watch TV, entertain me.
• Principle read broadly and deeply, continuous
  education

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HeartCulture use relationships with others to
forward your personal selfish interests.
Principle Deep respectful listening and
serving others brings greatest fulfillment and
joy. Spiritculture succumb to growing
secularism and cynicismPrinciple recognize that
the source of our basic need for meaning and of
the positive things we seek in life is
principles-which natural laws I personally
believe have their source in God.
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Personality and Character Ethics

• Character ethics
• Integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance,
  courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity,
  modesty.
• Personality ethics
• Communication skills, power strategies, influence
  techniques, positive attitudes

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From Thought To Destiny

• Watch your thoughts, because your
• Thoughts become words
• Words Actions
• Actions Habits
• Habits Character
• Character Destiny
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  (Frank Odtlaw)

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HABIT

• Intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire
• Knowledge what to do and why
• Skill - how to do
• Desire - want to do
• In order to make something habit in our lives, we
  have to have all three.
• Effective habits are internalized principles and
  patterns of behavior.

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Perceptions

• Mental maps
• The way the things are - the realities
• The way things should be - the values
  

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Paradigm Shift

• Paradigm Example, pattern, perception,
  theory, assumption, model,
  frame of reference.
• Paradigm Shift
• Experiment

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The Seven Habits

• Be Proactive
• Begin with the End in Mind
• Put First Things First
• Think Win / Win
• Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood
• Synergize
• Sharpen the Saw

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Habit-1 Be Proactive

• Do not wait for things to happen, make them
  happen.
• You are responsible for your actions and
  reactions.
• It is not the situation but the response to the
  situation which distinguishes from proactively to
  reactivity.

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Proactive vs. Reactive

• Reactive language
• - There is nothing I can do.
• - That is just the way I am, I cant change.
• - I cant.
• - I must.

• Proactive language
• Lets look at alternatives.
• I can choose a different approach.
• I choose.
• I prefer.

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• The difference in effective between those who
  take initiatives and those who do not is not 25
  50 percent, says Covey, but a 5000- plus
  difference, particularly if they are smart, aware
  and sensitive to others.
• Circle of concern
• Circle of influence

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Habit - 2 Begin with end in mind

• To succeed, Covey suggests visualization
• You are the programmer and write the program.
• What is my personal and professional vision.

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Habit 3 Put first things first

• Organize execute around priorities

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Habit 4 Think win / win

• Long term relationship can only last if they are
  mutually beneficial.

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Habit 5 Seek first to understand, then to be
understood

• In empathetic listening, you listen with your
  ears, but you also, and more empathetically
  listen with your eyes and with your heart. You
  listen for feelings, for meaning, you listen.

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Habit 6 Synergise

• Value the differences, is the essence of synergy.
  The mental, the emotional, the psychological
  differences between people.

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Habit 7 Sharpen the saw

• Four dimensions of personal renewal
• Physical - exercise stress management
• Mental - reading, visualizing, planning
• Social / emotional - integrating with others to
  build over own
  sense of well-being
• Spiritual - religion study meditation.