The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

核心要点

Lasting change works from the inside out, starting with character rather than tricks
Focus your energy on what you can influence, not on what merely worries you
Write your personal mission first, then schedule important work before urgent work
Listen to understand before you try to be understood, and look for win-win deals
Renew your body, mind, heart and spirit regularly so you can keep performing

本篇内容

Change starts from the inside
Imagine two people trying to fix a struggling relationship. One learns clever conversation tricks.
Be proactive inside your circle
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.
Know the ending, then schedule it
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.
Win-win and listening first
Once you are steady on your own, the next habits are about people. Habit 4 is think win-win.
Synergy and sharpening the saw
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.
Put it to work
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.

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