unfold the true potential

Unfold The True Potential ….Based on The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Desire

Habits Defined

• Knowledge is the what to do and why.

• Skill is the how to do. • Desire is the motivation, the

want to do. • A habit is the intersection of

knowledge, skill and desire.

Knowledge

Skill

Habit

A habit is an unconscious pattern of behavior acquired by frequent repetition.

Ethics – Personality and Character

Although image, techniques and skills can influence your outward success, the weight of real effectiveness lies in good

character

Personality

Ethic- The

Social Being

Character Ethic- Inner being

Principles Vs Techniques

• Character is based on Habits.

• Good Habits do not violate Principles

• Techniques are based on Skills

• Techniques can change.

Law of Farm

• We Reap What we Sow.• Sow A Thought , Reap An• Sow An Action, Reap A • Sow A Habit , Reap A Character and• Sow A Character ,Reap a

Action

Habit

Destiny

Attempting to correct our own faults and constantly trying to improve ourselves by following;

• The primary values (character ethics) and

• Then developing the secondary principles (personality ethics).

Tazkiyah-e-Nafs (self-accountability)

A BALANCE BETWEENPRODUCTION

AND PRODUCTION CAPABILITY

P/PC BALANCE

EFFECTIVENESS

The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs

we need to be careful not to ignore our • Health• Family • Relaxation and• Religious activities by spending too much time and activity on work( Production).

The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs

Paradigm ShiftYou could say –

its half-full or its half-empty.

Both are right – its only the perception.In other words the way we see the problem as a Challenges, at times, could be opportunities

If you want small change, work on your behavior; if you want quantum-leap changes, work on your paradigms

EMOTIONAL BANK ACCOUNT• Understand the Individual• Attend to Little Things• Keep Promises• Clarifying Expectations• Showing Personal Integrity• SAY I’M SORRY- Apologizing Sincerely

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

1. Be Proactive

2. Begin with the End in Mind

3. Put First things First

4. Think Win/Win

5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

6. Synergize

7. Sharpen the Saw

Private Victory

Public Victory

Renewal

Seven Habits Application

Seven Habit is a Principle-centeredcharacter-basedinside-out

approach to personal and inter-personal effectiveness

Habit 1: Be Proactive

The Habit of Personal Vision


Habit 1: Be Proactive

Recognizing that I have thefreedom and ability to

choose how I respond to whatever happens to me!

Habit 1: Be Proactive (Principle of Personal Vision)

Proactivity Defined: As human beings we are responsible for our own lives.

Stimulus Response

Reactive People

Proactive People

Reactive people are driven by feelings, circumstances, conditions, the environment.

Proactive people are driven by carefully considered, selected and internalized values.


What happens to a bottle of soda when you shake it up?

It EXPLODES!

circleof

influence

circle of

concern

Focus on things you can change or

influence

Circle of InfluenceThings you

can’t control

Things you can control or change

If you could “carry the weather with you”….

you could have a good day no matter

what comes your way.


Where do you focus your time and energy?• Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. • Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern.

Circle of Influence

Circle of Concern

Proactive Focus Reactive Focus

Habit 2: Begin with the end in Mind

•The Habit of Personal Leadership


Habit 2: Begin with the end in Mind

If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you getthere?


Habit 2: Begin with an end in Mind(Principle of Personal Leadership)

• Most endeavors that fail, fail with the first creation.• Leadership is the first creation and Management is the

second creation. • Management is doing things right but Leadership is doing

the right things.

Mental

Creation

Physical

Creation

Peak Performers: They win because they visualize their victory

Habit 3: Put First Things First

•The Habit of Personal Management



Organize and execute around priorities.


Urgent Not UrgentN

ot Im

port

ant

Impo

rtan

t

Q 1

ImportantUrgent

Q 3

Not ImportantUrgent

Q 2

ImportantNot Urgent

Q 4

Not ImportantNot Urgent

THE TIME QUADRANT SYSTEM

Habit 3: Put First Things First (Principles of Personal Management)

• Effective Management is putting first things first

• Urgent Matters are usually visible• Important Matters contribute to our

mission• Effective People stay out of III & IV

Importance Vs. Urgency


Exercise…….


Habit 4: Think Win-Win

The Habit of Mutual Benefit


•Win-Win means seeking solutions that allow every one to win.



•Successful relationships are built on a win-win foundation.



A Win-Win character consists of three traits:

•Integrity•Maturity•Abundance Mentality


Habit 5: Seek First to Understandthen to be Understood

The Habit of Communication


Habit 5: Seek First to Understandthen to be Understood

The deepest need of the human soul is to be understood.


Habit 5: Seek First to Understand

•To truly understand, we must listen to more than words


Habit 5: Seek First to Understand

•Empathy is listening with the eyes and the “heart.”


The one who listens does the most work, not the one who speaks

7%

38%55%

Non-verbalSounds (How we say)Words we use

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood

Body Language

Mirror, Mirror

To be a good listener, mirror back what someone

says. Repeat back in your own words what the person is

saying

Empathic Listening Skills

The key to listening is listen with the eyes and the heart

Habit 6: Synergize

• The Habit of creative Cooperation

Habit 6: Synergize(Principles of Creative Communication)

The term synergy comes from the Greek word syn-ergos means “working together"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language

Celebrate Differences: Come up with at least five differences and five

things you have in common.

Ways You Are

Alike

Differences

“B”

Differences

“A“

Valuing the differences is the essence of Synergy

Habit 6: Synergize(Principles of Creative Communication)

Synergize

Challenge or

Opportunity

Synergy (Third

Alternative)

Habit 6: Synergize

•Synergy means one plus one equals three or more.

The Habit of Creative Cooperation

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

• The Habit of Self-Renewal

The Habit of Self-Renewal

•PHYSICAL•MENTAL •SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL•SPIRITUAL

Habit 7: Sharpen the SawThe Habit of Self-Renewal

Habit 7 : Sharpen the Saw

• Self-reflection gives you the ability to know when to sharpen your saw.

• You need to know when and how to sharpen your saw. And sometimes you need help from the most unlikely of helpers……

7 Habits of Highly Effective People• Habit 1 Be Proactive• Habit 2 Begin With The End in Mind• Habit 3 Put First Things First• Habit 4 Think Win-win• Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to Be

Understood• Habit 6 Synergize• Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

Private Victory

Interdependence

Dependence

Independence

Understand/ Understood

5

Synergize

6

Think Win-Win

4

3 First

Things First

1 Be Proactive

2 Begin w/ End in

Mind

Public Victory

7

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