The 7 habits of highly effective people

1. Be Proactive: Your life doesn’t just happen, it is carefully designed by you. The choices you make are yours. This is about taking responsibility for your life. Proactive people choose their behaviours and work on the things that are within their control (AKA their Circle of Influence) e.g. diet and exercise. A proactive person uses proactive language e.g. I can, I will rather than negative language e.g. I can’t.

2. Begin with the end in mind: Start with a clear vision of your future in your mind. Covey says we can use our imagination to develop a vision of what we want to become and use our conscience to decide what values we will focus on going forward. This helps to ensure that the steps we are taking on a daily basis are in the right direction towards our end goal.

3. Put First things First: We must have the discipline to prioritize our day-to-day actions based on what is most important, not what is most urgent.

4. Think Win/Win: This is a frame of mind that constantly seeks a mutual benefit in all interactions. Win-win means agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial and satisfying.

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood: Before we offer advice, suggest solutions, or effectively interact with another person, we must seek to understand them and their perspective through listening. This habit is all about learning to listen.

6. Synergise: By understanding the differences in another person’s perspective, we have the opportunity to create synergies. When one plus one equals three or more, when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

7. Sharpen the Saw: To be effective, we must devote time to ourselves. It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life. This includes physically, socially, mentally and spiritually. The focus is on continuous improvements. This includes eating well, sufficient rest and relaxation, meditation, journaling our thoughts, reading and making contributions

What should you do next

If you would like to purchase a guide on Becoming Passionate About Your Career & Personal Development, click here.

If you would like to attend my free Masterclass on the 5 Steps You Need to take to Find Your Dream Career, sign up to attend here >>>. It lasts about 40 minutes and will cover the following:

• The 5 powerful steps you need to take in order to find your dream job this year.
• Get really clear about your career goals and move away from feeling stuck in a career rut.
• The key steps and actions you need to take to move from where you are right now to where you want to be in your future career.
• Start to feel super excited and motivated to make a change in your career in 2018 and making it happen!

The 7 habits of highly effective people

1. Be Proactive: Your life doesn’t just happen, it is carefully designed by you. The choices you make are yours. This is about taking responsibility for your life. Proactive people choose their behaviours and work on the things that are within their control (AKA their Circle of Influence) e.g. diet and exercise. A proactive person uses proactive language e.g. I can, I will rather than negative language e.g. I can’t.

2. Begin with the end in mind: Start with a clear vision of your future in your mind. Covey says we can use our imagination to develop a vision of what we want to become and use our conscience to decide what values we will focus on going forward. This helps to ensure that the steps we are taking on a daily basis are in the right direction towards our end goal.

3. Put First things First: We must have the discipline to prioritize our day-to-day actions based on what is most important, not what is most urgent.

4. Think Win/Win: This is a frame of mind that constantly seeks a mutual benefit in all interactions. Win-win means agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial and satisfying.

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood: Before we offer advice, suggest solutions, or effectively interact with another person, we must seek to understand them and their perspective through listening. This habit is all about learning to listen.

6. Synergise: By understanding the differences in another person’s perspective, we have the opportunity to create synergies. When one plus one equals three or more, when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

7. Sharpen the Saw: To be effective, we must devote time to ourselves. It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life. This includes physically, socially, mentally and spiritually. The focus is on continuous improvements. This includes eating well, sufficient rest and relaxation, meditation, journaling our thoughts, reading and making contributions

What should you do next

If you would like to purchase a guide on Becoming Passionate About Your Career & Personal Development, click here.

If you would like to attend my free Masterclass on the 5 Steps You Need to take to Find Your Dream Career, sign up to attend here >>>. It lasts about 40 minutes and will cover the following:

• The 5 powerful steps you need to take in order to find your dream job this year.
• Get really clear about your career goals and move away from feeling stuck in a career rut.
• The key steps and actions you need to take to move from where you are right now to where you want to be in your future career.
• Start to feel super excited and motivated to make a change in your career in 2018 and making it happen!

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