7 Habits Executive Summary

Overview The Seven Habits By Stephen Coby

Habit 1 Be Proactive: Principles of Personal Vision
Ask yourself,"Where do I focus my time and energy?
a)Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence.
b)Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern.

Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind: Principles of Personal Leadership
An effective way to ensure you apply the "begin with the end in mind" is to develop a personal mission statement...The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about, and what you value.
Once you have a sense of mission, you have the essence of your own proactivity to develop the vision, the values which direct your life and goal setting.

Habit 3 Put First Things First: Principles of Personal Management
To be efficient and effective, you need to have a good sense and ability to prioritize, organize around those priorities and discipline to execute around them.

Habit 4 Think Win/Win: Principles of Interpersonal Leadership
There are 5 dimensions of Win/Win leadership principles that we ought to follow;
1) Character. The foundation of Win/Win
2) Integrity. The value we place on ourselves.
3) Maturity. The balance between courage and consideration.
4) Abundance Mentality. There is plenty out there for everybody.
5) Relationships. Courtesy, respect and appreciation for the other person and his point of view.
And 8 area that needed to be considered in every actions that we take as a leader;
1) Agreements. Cover a wide scope of interdependent action.
2) Desired results
3) Guidelines
4) Resources
5) Accountability
6) Consequences
7) Supportive Systems. Reward systems must reflect the values of the mission statement.
8) Processes. The route to Win/Win:
a) See the problem from another point of view.
b) Identify the key issues and concerns involved.
c) Determine what results would constitute a fully acceptable solution.
d) Identify possible new options to achieve those results.

Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Listen deeply to other people by empathic listening, the highest form of listening to discover tremendous differences in perception.
Only with clear understanding can you present your own ideas clearly, specifically, visually and in the context of the paradigms of your audience, you significantly increase the credibility of your ideas.

Habit 6 Synergize Principles of Creative Communication
Synergy is a whole complete body, greater than the sum of its parts.
Few people experience synergy in their lives because most people have been scripted into defensive or protective communications.
Synergy can be unnerving unless one has a high tolerance for ambiguity and gets security from integrity to principles and inner values.

Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal
Habit 7 touches on 4 Dimensions of Renewal
1) Physical - Exercise regularly
2) Spiritual - Self realization, core values, beliefs,
3) Mental - Improvement by reading, learning new things
4) Social - interact more with co-workers, neighbors, friends, relatives.

Summary
With the practice of the & Habits,you can become a Transition Person;
- One who changes negative scripts rather than passing them to the next generation.
- One who achieve unity -- oneness -- with ourselves, with our loved ones, with our friends and working associates, is the highest and best and most delicious fruit of the Seven Habits.