Pause to Learn Flashcards
Who wrote ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?
Stephen Covey
What was the aim of Covey’s book?
To gain a greater insight into how to lead a more effective professional and personal life
Dependence –> independence –> interdependence
What are the 7 habits of Covey?
- Be proactive
- Begin with the end in mind
- Put first things first
- Think win-win
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood
- Synergise
- Sharpen the saw
(8. How to move from effectiveness to greatness)
How did Covey separate these habits?
Into 2 groups
Habits 1-3 –> Enables individuals to move from being dependent on others to being independent and capable of running their own lives and making their own decisions. He called this “Private Victory”
Habits 4-7 –> Enables independent people to collaborate together to become much more productive. He used the phrase “interdependence” and called this “Public Victory”
What is purpose of habit 4 - ‘Think win-win’?
About working together and collaborating so that everyone involved performs well. Habit 5 “think first to understand - then be understood”. This is about learning to listen to other points of view and then creating an atmosphere of give and take
In general what do habits 4-7 focus on?
Teamwork, collaboration and communication
What is purpose of habit 7?
An improvement stage – it highlights the habit of continual improvement
What is a paradigm?
A model, theory, perception, assumption or frame of reference. The way we see the world in terms of our understanding, perceiving and interpreting
What is a paradigm shift?
Changing the way we see things – looking at things differently
What is purpose of habit 1 - ‘be proactive’?
Being proactive is about taking responsibility for your life
Stimulus –> Freedom to Choose –> Response
Covey described self awareness as allowing us to stand apart from ourselves and think about our very thought processes and examine our paradigms. In addition it makes us aware of our emotional responses and how these drive us to respond in ways that we know to be wrong
Gaining an awareness of the areas we expend our energy on is a giant step forward in becoming more proactive.
What is the purpose of habit 2 - ‘begin with the end in mind’?
Based on the principle that all things are created twice: mental creation, and a physical or second creation. Habit 2 is the first (mental) creation
Covey described this habit as meaning to “know where you are going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction”.
What is purpose of habit 3 - ‘first things first’?
The second (physical) creation —> practising effective self management
What are the 4 parts of self-regulated learning?
- Planning
- Learning
- Assessment
- Reflection
What are the 4 broad domains of building blocks?
- Knowledge
- Decision making and accountability
- Situational awareness
- Communication and cooperation
What is a system 1 way of thinking?
Fast, automatic, frequent, emotional, stereotypic
