Seven Habits of High Effective People
In the earth we have come to see that there is no effect without an action. There is a similarity with this point of view and being proactive. When you want to be an effective person achieving things, you need to take that action and be proactive in order to achieve it. Being proactive starts the journey to being the effective person you want to be. When we expect things to happen without taking initiative it usually never does happen until you start to take the first steps. When your proactive it opens the mind to different heights and goals to overcome. Although it comes hard the key is to take things slow but never stop completely or else you'll never see the effect. Pro-activity means taking control and for many people they need to take control of their life. Once taking the step of pro activity it starts to become a habit. Sometimes its not good to have habits but the good habits are what can create a better pave for oneself.
Habit 2.Begin with the End in Mind
In most things in life you need to have a plan but many underestimate the details with from the beginning to the end. Its important in order to be an effective person to be able to not just look at the things in front of you but think ahead. Doing this action can help you be prepared and organized. When having the end in mind of starting something new it helps you execute it easily when seeing the plan fully from the start to finish. Theres a quote that goes, " Thinking before acting is wisdom but acting before thinking is regret ". This quote is very important in understanding how to begin with thinking with the end. The quote means that starting something without thinking them through leads to not fulfilling something as it should. Secondly it talks about the consequences of not taking that time to think when taking action on something. This idea can be helpful and useful to those who struggle with this idea. Having this information can help for you to be a good leader and performer.
Habit 3. Put First Things First
When you start a journey you need to start from the beginning not the middle nor the end of it. This is one habit to learn in order to reach your goals. The most important things come first when getting things done. Getting the first things done helps you complete the task all together. This helps you get the habit of putting priorities. When you put priorities it helps the person effectively complete a task. When you put your main priorities as first tasks to complete a lot of the other things start to fall to place. The tough things that you know are the most important are the foundations to your life. If any foundation is left undone then you will falter. A quote I read goes like this ,"Priorities can tell you a lot about a person". This quote is a portions of the way people can view you if you put priorities first.
Think to win win means having the mindset that you do to others what you would have them do to you. It means a compromise with another person. This action will help you be an effective person because it shows you to be strategic in you actions. In order to take such actions one can learn about humility. To be able to seek another's interests to accomplish something. The process of doing so can make the mind think positively. Enabling the mind to not put barriers to its goals can give a greater mentality. Horace Mann made a statement "we do our self the most good doing good to others" that ties well with the idea that benefiting from another can help reach success. This quote says that when we help others its a win for us in return. Wining can be a way of greed but when we do so helping and at the same time benefiting others it brings more value to the action. The act of selflessness is key to achieving our goals and being an effective person.
Habit 5. Seek first to understand than to be understood
The first thing to remember when your trying to be an effective person is to listen to others. When your open to other opinions you are opening your understanding of what you don't know. Identifying that you don't know everything makes you open to learning. Its good to have a strong opinion but in order to be that effective person you need to be able to listen to others too. The phrase ," seek first to understand than be understood " , is also meaning before wanting others to listen to your knowledge hear others first to be able to either learn from them or teach them something. When you input this in you life you learn to be humble by being lenient. Being an effective learner means you are effective in everything you do in some ways a teacher. Every teacher has to have the ability to learn from others in order to teach others. This idea comes same with needing to understand others before being understood in order to be that effective person. There is a quote that goes, " the biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understanding. We listen to reply". I think this quote shares another perspective in trying to say is that we need an open mind not a selfish conversation but an educational one.
Habit 6. synergize
Its very important to understand in order to be an effective person is to be able to cooperate with others. In this life there are about 7.442 billion people therefore we need to learn to work together. To synergize means to have the habit to create cooperation. A lot of times in order to get obtain an obstacle we need to work with others. In order to accomplish this one needs to be able and willing to share their personal experience and input it into the problem for a better solution. this process can take time to develop and learn. As one takes these actions they learn of vulnerability. There is a gift to be able to live in harmony with others. To be effective is easy but to be effective with others is a true growth and skill to take out of yourself.
Habit 7. Sharpen the saw
4 Dimension of self renewal
The theoretical meaning of sharpening the saw is making the saw usable, stronger, and cut faster. The four areas to sharpen are physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Its important top sharpen the physical body so you can use your body withing your years. By doing so you are then ready for whatever may come to harm you physically with your strength. Within every thing you do physically you'l be able to do it effectively. A way to execute this habit would be to get in the habit of eating healthy and exercising. The second dimension important to sharpen would be your mental state. When taking these steps you can be able to use you mind and conquer your goals. Ways to achieve this is getting the habit of doing hobbies that make you use your mind. The third dimension is the most important which is spiritual sharpening. Ways to achieve this is to have a sense of who you are and what you believe. Then if you decide you have to join a church and create a relationship with God. The reason for this because there is going to come a time when your life will feel like its awful through small and big barriers in life. A barrier is only a barrier if you let it. When you have a stable relation ship with God you will be able to know what words and actions to take to be able to overcome these barriers. Going to church and learning what your abilities are in the bible. By doing so your working your spirit effectively making it stronger so when problems come you will stand firm. The last but not least of the dimensions would be emotionally sharpening. In doing this action you can be able to use your emotions in a positive way and not negatively. You will be able to go through circumstances and not be emotionally tarnished. Four dimensions are strong objects and when you sharpen those four dimensions in your life in your life you yourself are strong.
Reflection
This activity I think is every good information to know in order to take that step into adult hood. Its a difficult trait to be an effective person but to learn it this early is crucial. This activity is helpful in two ways it helps student write with different perspective. As well as adapting these skills. Due to the fact that it is not easy to do at times through this activity you learn to try to adapt what was learned into our own life.
