The 7 habits of highly effective people

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. Here is the main crux of the book, which summarizes the habits one must try to inculcate in self. Thanks to Anu mam for sharing this with us:

Habit 1: Be Proactive

•Take initiative
•Manage change
•Respond proactively
•Keep commitments
•Take responsibility and have accountability
•Have a positive influence on results

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

•Define vision and values
•Create a mission statement
•Set measurable team and personal goals
•Start projects successfully
•Align goals to priorities
•Focus on desired outcomes


Habit 3: Put First Things First

•Execute strategy
•Apply effective delegation skills
•Focus on important activities
•Apply effective planning and prioritization skills
•Balance key priorities
•Eliminate low priorities and time wasters
•Use planning tools effectively
•Use effective time-management skills


Habit 4: Think Win-Win

•Build high-trust relationships
•Build effective teams
•Apply successful negotiation skills
•Use effective collaboration
•Build productive business relationships

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

•Apply effective interpersonal communication
•Overcome communication pitfalls
•Apply effective listening skills
•Understand others
•Reach mutual understanding
•Communicate viewpoints effectively
•Apply productive input and feedback
•Apply effective persuasion techniques


Habit 6: Synergize

•Leveraging diversity
•Apply effective problem solving
•Apply collaborative decision making
•Value differences
•Build on divergent strengths
•Leverage creative collaboration
•Embrace and leverage innovation

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

•Achieve life balance
•Apply continuous improvement
•Seek continuous learning

Let them Go

This is one of the many interesting writings by our respected CEO sir and it was circulated as a mail few months ago. But to get this more engraved in the thoughts of everyone at smartData, I am posting this over the blog. Thank you sir for the inspirational message here.

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I often hear that “I can’t be better than what I am” from people around me. Very often we use this excuse or hear such excuses like “Time nahin mil rahan..for exercise etc” or I can’t do this or this is right since I have done it…or because it’s too scary/too hard/impractical. Isn’t it so human to fight for “your” excuses. And the more we fight for them, the more they will own you. Don’t feed what you don’t want….Let them go!

“We have forty million reasons for failure- but not a single Excuse” : Rudyard Kipling.

Successful people don’t make excuses, they create results. No great life was ever build on the foundation of excuses. So stop making them. Most of them are self created delusions, designed to help us avoid doing things we are afraid to do.

Yes, beneath every excuse lives a fear. A fear of change. A fear of unknown. A fear of failure. A fear of success.

So shun them off today, make today the day to burn your bridges that lead to your excuses, to set up the possibilities that lies just off the beaten path of your life and access your great self, what you really are.

(By: Ajay Sir)
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