By Stephen R.

Covey
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 EFFECTIVE HABITS

Knowledge-What to, Why to

Skills-How to
Desire-Want to

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 Character and Personality
Personality

Character

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 Character & Competence
Trust

Trustworthiness

Character Competence

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 Four Levels of Leadership
Organizational-Alignment

Interpersonal-Trust

Personal-Trustworthiness

Managerial-Empowerment

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 Principles & Values
Principles
Natural Laws or fundamental
truths

Values
The worth or priority we place
on people, things, ideas or
principles
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 PARADIGM
It’s the way we see the world-not
in terms of visual sense of sight,
but in terms of perceiving,
understanding, interpreting.

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 Emotional Bank Account
Deposits Withdrawals
Kindness & Courtesy Unkindness & Discourtesy
Keeping Promises Breaking Promises
Honoring Expectations Violating Expectations
Loyalty to the Absent Duplicity
Making Apologies Pride, Arrogance

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 MATURITY CONTINUUM

Dependence - You
Independence - I-Private Victory
Interdependence-We- Public
Victory

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 INTERDEPENDENCE
Seek First to understand Synergize
… Then to be
understood
7 Sharpen the saw

Think
Win/Win

INDEPENDENCE
Put first
Think first

Be Begin with
Proactive the End in Mind

DEPENDENCE

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 BE PROACTIVE

The Habit of Personal Vision

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 BE PROACTIVE

An Underlying Principle

Individuals are responsible for their

own choices and have freedom to
choose

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 BE PROACTIVE

Key Paradigms

“I am responsible for my behavior

and the choices I make in life.”

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 Proactive Model
Reactive Model
Freedom
Stimulus to Response
Choose

Self Independent
Awareness Will

Imagination Conscience

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 THOUGHTS

WORDS

ACTIONS

HABITS

CHARACTER

DESTINY

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 CIRCLE OF
CONCERN

CIRCLE OF
INFLUENCE

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 CIRCLE OF

CIRCLE OF
INFLUENCE

CONCERN
Proactive Focus
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 BEGIN WITH THE
END IN MIND

The Habit of
Personal Leadership

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Begin with the End in Mind

An Underlying Principle

Mental creation precedes physical

creation

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Begin with the End in Mind

Key Paradigms

“I can choose my own future and

create a vision for it.”

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 Security

Wisdom CENTRE Guidance

Power

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 Alternative Center
•Spouse Centeredness
•Family Centeredness
•Money Centeredness
•Work Centeredness
•Possession Centeredness
•Pleasure Centeredness
•Friend / Enemy centeredness
•Self centeredness
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 Principle Center

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 Personal Mission Statement

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 PUT FIRST THING FIRST

The Habit of
Personal Management

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 First Thing First

An Underlying Principle

Effectiveness requires balancing

important relationships, roles
and activities

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 First Thing First

Key Paradigms

“I will focus on importance instead

of urgency.”

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Habit1-You are the creator
Habit2-Mental Creation
Habit3-Physical Creation

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 The Time Management Matrix
Urgent Not Urgent

I ACTIVITIES II. ACTIVITIES:

Important Crises Prevention, PC activities
Pressing problems Relationship building
Deadline-driven projects Recognizing new opportunities
Planning, recreation

III. ACTIVITIES IV. ACTIVITIES

Not Interruptions, some calls, Trivia, busy work Some mail

Some mail, some reports, Some phone calls
Important Some meetings, Proximate,
Time wasters
pressing matters, Popular
activities pleasant activities

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 Interdependence

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 THINK WIN - WIN

The Habit of
Interpersonal Leadership

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 Think Win-Win

An Underlying Principle

Effective, long term relationships

require mutual benefit.

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 Think Win-Win

Key Paradigms

“I get better results in my

relationships by cooperating
interdependently than by competing
independently.”

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Human Interactions
Win - Win
Win - Lose
Lose - Win
Lose - Lose
Win
Win - Win or No deal

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 Win-Win Dimensions

1 3
2

Win/Win Win / Win

Win /Win
Character Agreement
Relationships

• Supportive Systems (4) and Processes (5)

Next
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Dimensions of Win-Win

Character
• Integrity
• Abundance Mentality
• Maturity

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Low ------> High Lose/Win Win/Win
ionn
consideratio
considerat

Lose/Lose Win/Lose

Courage
Low ----------> High Back
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Five Dimensions of Win-Win
Contnd..
• Relationship
• Agreements
Desired Results
Guidelines
Resources
Accountability
Consequences

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Five Dimensions of Win-Win
Contnd..

• Systems
• Processes

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 Seek First To Understand,
Then To Be Understood

The Habit of
Empathic Communication

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 Empathy

An Underlying Principle

Diagnosis must precede prescription

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 Empathy

Key Paradigms

“If I listen first to understand,

then I will be better
understood.”

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 Communication

Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
Thinking

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 Listening

Ignoring
Pretending
Selective Listening
Attentive Listening
Empathic Listening

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 SYNERGIZE

The habit of
Creative Cooperation

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 Synergize

An Underlying Principle

The whole is greater than the sum

of its parts

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 Synergize

Key Paradigms

“I value the differences in others

and seek the Third Alternative which
produces better long term results.”

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 LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION
High

Synergistic (Win / Win)

TRUST
Respectful (Compromise)

Defective (Win/ Lose or Lose / Win)

Low
Low High

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 Sharpen The Saw

The Habit of Renewal

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 Renewal

An Underlying Principle

Production (results) requires

development of production
capability (resources).

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 Renewal

Key Paradigms

“I will increase my effectiveness

through personal renewal in each of
the four dimensions of my life.”

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Four Dimensions of Renewal

Physical
Spiritual
Mental
Social/ Emotional

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 90/10 Principle

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 By Stephen R. Covey
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