7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Self Improvement by Stephen Covey

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen Covey, is a great book on self development and personal improvement. In this video, you will get a complete understanding of all the habits, including examples for each step. Some people have a problem understanding what Synergy is, so we define it along with give a couple examples. Another great tip in this video is the explanations of all types of relationships and the 5 forms of listening. This video is a summary of the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in animated book review format.

1) Be Proactive: Take responsibility and know you’re in charge
2) Start with the end in mind: Have an end goal
3) Put first things first: Do important and non-urgent things first
4) Think Win-Win: Find situations where everyone wins
5) Seek first to understand, then to be understood: Listen before you start talking
6) Synergize: 1 + 1 = 3
7)Sharpen the saw: Invest in yourself for the best ROI

My favorite habit is to be proactive. For example, you may have been born into a socioeconomic lower-or-middle-class family, you may have been born into an abusive family, you may have been diagnosed with a terrible illness, but focusing on it will not change it. You know what you can control? This is the secret to being proactive, and in turn, becoming an effective person. You can control your work ethic. You can control how you treat people in your life. You can control if you put your seatbelt on or not.

[OutcastAngelV]

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[adamcoonich]

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[aaronh]

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[jeffmcilroy]

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[jahayrac]

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[malcolm]

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[cc_tanchuicopoleen]

7 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

[ralphliera]

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[kuldeep]

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Just one thing "please take it slowly, bcoz I need to understand and absorb it before you get to the other point." Thanks keep it up 😊

[smartgaming]

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[DarkDruid]

I couldn't have summarized it better. I want to have this book engrained in my head to remember when I stray from the principles this book has taught me

[wisdom-for-life]

Solid review. This is one of my favorite self development books! Gotta get the inside right (private victory) before we tackle the outside (public victory)! Keep up the good work.

[juliehadaway]

I am a Business Professor who is using this book to engage and inspire students. This video is the PERFECT introduction! Thank you!! :)

[projectikigai]

Hands down one of the most influential books I have read. Love the way you break it down. Cheers, Patrick

[jimbongos]

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[ewutermohlen]

trough the entire video I thought there was 1 important habbit missing. and that is sleeping in time, getting out of bed in time. but this last thing fits in th last one. sleeping well is a huge pronblem for a lot of people around me myself included. I see that a lot share the same habit by staying up longer to finish their work or watch one more episode on netflix.

without enough sleep a lot of these habits are a lot harder to achieve. for example try listening to someone when you are very tired even if you are very interested in that person it is hard to keep paying atention.

[AchieversWorkshop]

Love how this book teaches both self mastery and helps you work well with others.

[HyDroSoniK]

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[AnnaDublett]

The biggest problem of our generation is that we listen to argue not to understand - we always look for something that we don't agree with, that we think isn't the way to think... and that's terrible!😕 great video though!

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