The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Points clés

• Un vrai changement s'opère de l'intérieur : partez de vos valeurs, pas d'astuces de façade
• Concentrez votre énergie sur ce que vous pouvez changer, pas sur vos simples soucis
• Rédigez votre mission personnelle, puis planifiez l'important avant l'urgent
• Listen to understand before you try to be understood, and look for win-win deals
• Régénérez votre corps, votre esprit, votre cœur et votre âme pour tenir dans la durée

À l'intérieur de ce bit

1. Le changement vient de l'intérieur

   Imagine two people trying to fix a struggling relationship. One learns clever conversation tricks.

2. Soyez proactif dans votre cercle d'influence

   Picture a JEE aspirant who blames the coaching centre, the syllabus and the weather for a bad test. Now picture one who asks what she can change before the next one.

3. Gardez la fin en tête, puis planifiez

   Habit 2 asks you to begin with the end in mind. Covey suggests imagining your own funeral and hearing what family, friends and colleagues say about you.

4. Écoute d'abord et gagnant-gagnant

   Once you are steady on your own, the next habits are about people. Habit 4 is think win-win.

5. Synergie et affûtage de la scie

   Habit 6 is synergize. When two people who trust each other bring different views to a problem, they can find a third option neither had imagined.

6. Passez à l'action

   This week, catch yourself once when you say I have to, and rephrase it as I choose to. Spend 20 minutes writing a rough mission statement: what you want your family, your work and your own conscience to say about you.