The 7 habits of highly effective people PDF

Failure and depression are equally proportional commonly. But there are few people in the world who knows how to fight and conquer the world. These people are effective on their surroundings due to their extra ordinary skills and habits.

Sometimes a book can be too motivational for a person when he goes through a bad phase of life. As it is said that a book is a true friend. Today I would like to tell you about a book which is not only a good in words but also it is highly motivational.

About the book

The title says everything about its own and the book that we are going to discuss here is The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey. This book first got published in the year 1989. Since past 30 years it is helping people in adopting good habits and in exploring new paths towards the success. If we say that this book emphasizes on personal development so it won’t be wrong.

The content of this book has been divided into three portions that further expands into 7 portions. Each piece of writing is highly informative yet motivational.

7 habits of highly effective people summary

Book content

Independence

Be proactive Begin with the end in mind Put first things first

Interdependence

Think win-win Seek first to understand, then understood Synergize

Continual improvement

Sharpen the saw

Have look at the content list and get an idea about the depth of the content that you are going to read. It helps the reader to understand the multiple prospective of life which he have never seen before. The blur vision of misconceptions will be cleared and a new ray of hope will be emerge. It is a fact that life is just like a mirror if you look into it with a smile it will smile too and if you pore glance with teary eyes so it would be blur and dull.

The parts

In the first part of The 7 habits of highly effective people pdf author has tried to explain that in order to conquer anything first you have to be independent by yourself. By the term independence Covey means that you have to keep your vision and thinking vast and clear.

He explains that how you can find the solutions of you problems either personal or professional sensibly and effectively. While making the decision you must keep in mind that this discussion is from you’re the core of your heart with all the dignity. As we all know that the words we say will never comeback.

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Principles of Personal Vision

Well it simply means that spend your time, energy and resources on the things that you can change, influence or control. There is no need to waste your time and energy on the things that are out of your hands.

For an example if you are waiting for a bus and it is not coming so don’t stress out yourself because you cannot help it. Instead divert your mind and start doing something that soothes your mind and helps you to pass that time productively. The bus will arrive soon or later but the stress level that you have built will spoil your inner peace for a long time or may be an entire day.

Habit 2: Begin withthe End in Mind

Principles of Personal Leadership

This chapter helps you to explore about the actual vision you have for your life. Think that it is a last day of your life and regretting about the things you should quit before, the time you have wasted on unnecessary things, the energy you have wasted on the work which was not beneficial even. Regretting at that time will not help you at all as your time has ended.

But if you are able to think now that what is the vision of your life? How do you want to spend it? What you want the people to think and say about you after your departure? That should be the ultimate goal of your life. Think and change before it’s too late.

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Principles of Personal Management

We wear so many hats at a time in the life such as a parent, spouse, worker, boss and many. By staying in any character we can divide our responsibilities into two categories important or non-important. Most of the time important things are urgent as well. We like to do the things that are important but hassle free. The reason behind this phenomena is hassle causes stress and stress is always annoying.

Try to make a to-do list in which you can specify that which thing is important to do first and what you can delay. This will help you in managing your life and it would be one of The 7 habits of highly effective people pdf.

Habit 4: Think Win/Win

Principles of Interpersonal Leadership

It is commonly said if you want to get a justified answer for any situation so it is better to swap your position. Most of the time we argue a lot, not for understanding but to influence other person with our prospective.

It is better to think from both sides because you can’t get an idea of someone’s situation till you walk in their shoes. For better results you can note down the points of your and the opposite person to get a win/win result.

Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then Be Understood

Principles of Empathic Communication

If I say that it is the habit due to which we suffers a lot so it won’t be wrong. Most of the time we speak before listening and try to explain our point of view before knowing the exact situation. In this portion of the book The 7 habits of highly effective people pdf author has tried to explain the situation be giving an example of a teenager boy that how he was facing the difficulty in explaining his problem while his parents were concluding the results by themselves without listening and understanding the whole scenario.

Try to listen whole story then figure out the solution. It would be a bad move if you try someone else to understand your point of view before you understands their. See the world from someone else eyes to but keep the mind open because this thing will always be helpful in making wise decision.

Habit 6: Synergize

Principles of Creative Cooperation

Try to work on the points which can bring the improvement in yourself as well as others. Synergizing is a process in which you can achieve the better results in a group than individual. Here I would like to tell you an example which is related to my own self. One of my kid was a slow learner so I keep motivating him in different ways, by this he gets a confidence and started taking interest in his studies and other curricular activities.

On the other hand his teacher focused on his academic while staying a bit strict (of course for his betterment). These both things worked as a wonder and he flourished in a best possible way.

You can also apply this formula on your own self, treat yourself in a best way but also give a hard time to your body and mind.