The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

My notes from “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Steven Covey

Parker Klein ✌️

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2 min readApr 15, 2024

Habit 1: Be proactive

Your life is carefully designed by you.

Take responsibility for your life.

You are response-able.

You have the freedom to choose your response.

Every moment and situation provides a new choice.

Focus your time and energy on things you can control.

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

Envision in your mind what you cannot at present see with your eyes.

What you create mentally becomes what you create physically.

Develop a personal mission statement. Your plan for success.

My personal mission statement: discover and do what I love and want to do and help other people do the same

Focus on what you want to be and do. Reaffirm who you are. Put your goals in focus. Move your ideas into the real world.

Habit 3: Put first things first

Manage your life’s purpose, values, roles, and priorities.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Prioritize your most important habits and activities before the less important ones.

Habit 4: Think win-win

Life is a cooperative arena.

Develop a frame of mind and heart that seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions.

Have integrity: stick with your true feelings, values, and commitments.

Be mature: express your ideas and feelings with courage and consideration for the ideas and feelings of others.

Develop an abundance mentality: believe there is plenty for everyone.

It is a balancing act between courage and consideration.

Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then be understood

Listen.

You can’t understand until you listen to what the other person is explaining.

Communication is the most important skill in life.

Habit 6: Synergize

“Two heads are better than one.”

It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The capability of inventing new approaches is increased exponentially because of differences.

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw

Preserve and enhance the greatest asset you have — you.

Physically, socially/emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

Physically

Beneficial eating, exercising, and resting.

Social/Emotional

Making meaningful connections with others.

Mental

Learning, reading, writing, and teaching.

Spiritual

Spending time in nature, expanding your spiritual self through meditation, music, art, prayer, and service.

You’ll increase your capacity to produce and handle the challenges around you.

All it takes is the desire, knowledge, and skill.

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