2. Our character is a collection of our
habits, and habits have a powerful role
in our lives.
Habits consist of knowledge, skill, and
desire.
Knowledge allows us to know what to
do, skill gives us the ability to know how
to do it, and desire is the motivation to
do it.
3. 7 habits approach moves from
dependency (u take care of me ) to
independence (I take of myself) to
interdependence (we can do something
better together).
First 3 habits deal with independence
while 4,5,6 deal with interdependence. 7th
deals with habit of renewal
6. Habit1 - be proactive
Habit2- begin with the end in mind
Habit3- Put first things first
Habit4- think win win
Habit 5- seek first to understand and then
be understood
Habit6- synergy
Habit7- Sharpen the saw(renewal)
7. The word proactive means that we are
responsible for our own lives.
Our behaviour is a function of our
decisions, not our conditions.
Change starts from within, and highly
effective people make the decision to
improve their lives through the things that
they can influence rather than by simply
reacting to external forces.
8. Develop a principle-centered personal
mission statement. Extend the mission
statement into long-term goals based on
personal principles.
Principle-centered people try to :
Stand apart from the emotion of a situation
and from other factors that would act on
them. Make proactive choices after
evaluating options.
9. Habit 1 says that you are the programmer.
Habit 2 says to write the program.
This habit says to run the program.
Spend time doing what fits into your
personal mission, observing the proper
balance between production and building
production capacity.
10. Win/Win means that agreements or
solutions are mutually beneficial, mutually
satisfying.
In cases where a "win/win" deal cannot be
achieved, accept the fact that agreeing to
make "no deal" may be the best alternative.
In developing an organizational culture, be
sure to reward win/win behavior among
employees.
11. First seek to understand the other person,
and only then try to be understood.
Listening with the intent to understand is
called empathic listening.
Empathic listening is so powerful because it
gives you accurate data to work with.
12. Synergy means that the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts
Deeply understanding each other becomes
the stepping stones
It takes place when two or more people
produce more together than the sum of what
they could have produces separately.
13. Its daily process of renewing for four
dimensions of our nature : Physical,
Mental, Spiritual and Social / Emotional.
These four dimensions sustain and increase
our capacities and help us discipline our
mind, body and spirit.