7 habits you can't be without

 

I was recently very excited to go on a course entitled the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The course was based on the book of the same name by management guru Stephen Covey. The book has sold over 15 million copies and been translated into 38 languages.

I figured 15 million people can't be wrong so I registered for the course hoping to bring back plenty of learning to share with my clients and make the achievement of a better work life balance a bit easier to attain. 

I wasn't disappointed. On the first day we were presented with a bag of materials including our very own talking stick to complement habit 5 - seek first to understand, then be understood (more about that later).

As it was such an action packed and informative couple of days I decided I wouldn't be selfish and will be posting a series of blogs on the habits to follow over the next few weeks.

Covey was a world renowned management guru who wanted to discover what it was that made some people successful and not others. He studied a large number of highly successful people and worked out some of the qualities they had in common. These he called habits which he managed to distil into the fundamental seven he wrote about.

The habits have further been divided into two sections. Habits 1-3 are known as the personal victory habits. They are qualities or traits we have to find within ourselves. Habits 4-6 are public victory habits which concern the interactions we have with others and how we work together to achieve the best results.

To summarise, the habits are

Habit 1 - Be proactive

Habit 2 - Start with the end in mind

Habit 3 - First things first

Habit 4 - Think win win

Habit 5 - Seek first to understand, then be understood

Habit 6 - Synergise

Habit 7 - Sharpen the saw

Caroline Love

www.stepoffyourstilettos.co.uk 

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