The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

With this presentation, you will learn: 1) Seven approaches that effective people take to attain fulfillment; and 2) How to build your character and shape your life more deliberately.

This presentation is based on the book named “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” which was written by Stephen R. Covey in 1990.

Certain basic principles and values make people more effective. They are fairness, equity, integrity, honesty, human dignity and worth, excellence, a spirit of service, patience, perseverance, nurturance, caring, courage, encouragement and the can-do attitude that recognizes boundless potential. The person whose character grows from these principles is a leader who, having mastered himself or herself can inspire and helps others. Character is habit. As Aristotle said, “we are what we habitually do”. To develop the habit of acting on these principles you have to:

• Know – Understand what you want to do and why you want to do it.

• Develop skills – Become able to do it.

• Desire – You must want and will yourself to do it.

I think that today many people believe that their genetic makeup determines how they will act, or that their parents’ failures permanently weakened their own chances and formed them irremediably, or that their environment or experiences have curtailed their freedom to change, but all of this is a paradigm. This new paradigm allows you to see that you can change, that character is a habit, and that a habit is what you do consistently. For me you have to act consistently in a new way and you will form and become a new character. I really agree with these principles and I know they will help you to become the professional and leader you want in your life and company. You just have to take the attitude and desire to do it.

Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Date: 11/17/2011
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Book


By Henry Badilla Medina