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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by S. R. Covey.

What’s it about?

It’s a business and self-help book. It focuses on how to attain goals in different areas of life. It was first published in 1989.

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What is a “self-help” book?

Who’s the author?

Stephen Covey was an educator and businessman from the US. He was also a professor in the field of Business Studies.

Why has it been a bestseller for the last 25 years?

It has sold more than 40 million copies since it was first published. The book focuses on *how to be*, rather than on *how to appear*. It takes an inside-out approach.

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The book takes an “inside-out approach” because it tells you that...

The 7 habits of effective people

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What is a habit?

What does “effectiveness” mean?

Covey’s definition: “Effectiveness is the balance of obtaining desirable results with caring for that which produces those results.”

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Desirable results are results that...

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According to Covey, it doesn’t matter how you obtain those results - the only important thing is that you get them.

The 7 habits:

1. Be proactive

stop complaining about things you can’t change and acting only when you don’t have another choice (being reactive) and start focusing on what you can change (being proactive).

Example: “My teacher hates me, that’s why I failed” vs. “I better study harder next time”.

2. Begin with the end in mind

have clear goals

At your own funeral?

- What valuable things have I done in my life? - How will people remember me? - How do I want people to remember me?

3. Put first things first

if you say the most important thing for you is your family, why do you spend so little time with them?

- What are the most important things in my life? - Focus on the things that really matter.

Example: wake up 10 minutes earlier so that you have enough time to get ready for your day and not end up doing everything in a rush.

4. Think win-win

or you to win another person doesn’t have to lose.

Search for mutual benefit.

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood

For you to understand someone, you have to listen to them, not the other way around → principles of empathetic listening.

6. Synergise

Try to create synergy (=collaboration, meaningful interaction) with other people.

Example: imagine you have a particularly difficult project to do at work. You can’t do it on your own and you’re afraid you’re going to fail at it, but if you ask your colleagues for help chances are you’ll be able to do it.

7. “Sharpen the saw”

Take time to be effective, don’t waste time looking for the magic recipe.

Example: someone’s trying to cut down a tree with a dented saw. You tell them “Why don’t you sharpen the saw?” They reply: “But sharpening the saw would take too much time, and I'm too busy sawing!”

👉 4 areas of improvement: physical 🏃‍♀️, spiritual 🙏, cognitive 🧠, social 👥.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by S. R. Covey.

What’s it about?

Who’s the author?

Why has it been a bestseller for the last 25 years?

The 7 habits of effective people

What does “effectiveness” mean?

The 7 habits:

1. Be proactive

Example: “My teacher hates me, that’s why I failed” vs. “I better study harder next time”.

2. Begin with the end in mind

At your own funeral?

3. Put first things first

- What are the most important things in my life? - Focus on the things that really matter.

Example: wake up 10 minutes earlier so that you have enough time to get ready for your day and not end up doing everything in a rush.

4. Think win-win

Search for mutual benefit.

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood

6. Synergise

Example: imagine you have a particularly difficult project to do at work. You can’t do it on your own and you’re afraid you’re going to fail at it, but if you ask your colleagues for help chances are you’ll be able to do it.

7. “Sharpen the saw”

Example: someone’s trying to cut down a tree with a dented saw. You tell them “Why don’t you sharpen the saw?” They reply: “But sharpening the saw would take too much time, and I'm too busy sawing!”

👉 4 areas of improvement: physical 🏃‍♀️, spiritual 🙏, cognitive 🧠, social 👥.

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