Name: Zain Waqar

Roll No: BBHM-S20-052

Section: BBA-1A
1st Habit
Topic Name: ‘Be proactive’
Summary: -
The first habit that Covey discusses being proactive. What
distinguishes us as humans from all other animals is our inherent ability
to examine our own character, to decide how to view ourselves and our
situations, and to control our own effectiveness.
Put simply, in order to be effective one must be proactive.
Reactive people take a passive stance. they believe the world is
happening to them. They say things like:
They link the problem is out there but that thought is the problem.
Reactivity becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and reactive people feel
increasingly victimized and out of control.
Proactive people, however, recognize they have responsibility response-
ability which Covey defines as the ability to choose how you will
respond to a given stimulus or situation.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our
power to choose our response. The stimuli Frankl encountered daily
were daily were death, deprivation, cruelty. The seemingly inevitable
response to such stimuli would be to give up and lose hope. But there in
the concentration camp, Frankl realized that stimulus and response
weren't welded together. There was a gap. There was a choice.
But it was in these horrific circumstances that Frankl had a life-changing
epiphany. Despite losing all his basic freedoms, there was one freedom
the guards could never take away from him: how he would respond to
his circumstances.
 2nd Habit
Topic Name: ‘Begin with the end in mind’
Summary: -
"Becoming self- aware means getting rid of the old "scripts," or
paradigms, and using "imagination and creativity to write new ones that
are more effective" and in line with one's values. Writing a personal
mission statement is a good way to record a person's values and what
that person wishes to do in life. Mission statements can vary widely
depending on the individuals, their values, and their goals. A mission
statement springs from the center of a person’s Circle of influence,
which encompasses the most important values. Core values, forming the
center of a person's life, affect one's security, or identity and personal
strength; guidance, or direction in life; wisdom; and power, or ability to
accomplish things. Security, guidance, wisdom, and power are
interdependent. As one element grows stronger, so do the others. People
knowingly or unknowingly focus on eight commonly held centers, or
paradigms: spouse, family, money, work, possessions, friend/enemy,
church, and self. To be truly effective, one must shift focus from one of
the eight categories and focus instead on principles. Principals are
unchanging "deep fundamental truths, classic truths, generic common
denominators."
 3rd Habit
Topic Name: ‘Put first things first’
Summary: -
These four areas are overlapping and the center in which all needs come
together is called ' the fire within '. The idea is that problems within one
of the areas can partly be balanced out by focusing on one of the other
three.
Part two describes The most important aspect of successfully prioritizing
anything, is taking the time to reflect on your past actions and think
about what actions you would like to do next. Covey describes the
metaphor in which a garden can only be beautiful if there is a gardener
who is taking care of it. The same holds for our personal life. Be your
own gardener!

The foundation of setting the rights priorities lies in the principle.

Naturally, people tent to do urgent stuff first, which is a dangerous way
or working because as long as there is enough urgent stuff first, which is
a dangerous way or working because as long as there is enough urgency,
there will never be time to start working on the important stuff. The
most famous metaphor for this is the port with rocks, gravel, sand, and
water. To work according to Covey's standards is to:

To be able to set the right priority, four areas of human needs are
described on which we can focus ourselves:

● Physical needs, like clothing and nourishment

● Social needs, to love and to maintain relationships