7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Question 1

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Answer 1

More than just taking the initiative, being proactive means taking responsibility for your life.

• You control the direction of your life
• not blaming external forces
• not reactive, proactive means you choose your responses
• Focus on your center of influence

Question 2

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

Answer 2

Live intentionally and have a vision for your life

• how do you want to be remembered?
• What can you do to create this vision?

Question 3

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Answer 3

Prioritization. Figure out the things that are most important and always put them first.
-Quadrants:
Top: Urgent, Not Urgent
Side: Important, Not Important

-Focus on Q2 Important, not urgent

Quadrant I. Urgent and important (Do) – important deadlines and crises

Quadrant II. Not urgent but important (Plan) – long-term development

Quadrant III. Urgent but not important (Delegate) – distractions with deadlines

Quadrant IV. Not urgent and not important (Eliminate) – frivolous distractions

Question 4

Habit 4: Think Win/Win

Answer 4

Life must be seen as a cooperative, not a competition

• Giving
• opposite of the poverty mindset, there is enough for everyone
• service

Question 5

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Answer 5

• Empathetic and active listenings

- listening to understand not just to reply

Question 6

Habit 6: Synergize

Answer 6

Work together to tackle a challenge

-Combine the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals that no one could have done alone

Question 7

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Answer 7

Take care of yourself to enable personal growth - physical, emotional, mental,
-continuous self-care and self-improvement

Question 8

What are the 7 habits?

Answer 8

1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think “win-win”
5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the saw if you want to keep sawing