Becoming More Effective

The 7 Habits

Dave Carter
Special Programs and Projects
AFM
Even Eagles Need A Push!
For most
people, the
biggest
obstacle is their
own habits!
Confident, Empowered
People
 Self-appreciation
 Vision
 Purpose
 Commitment
 Contribution
 What lies behind us,
And what lies before us,
Are tiny matters compared
to
What lies within us!
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The 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
be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
1. BE PROACTIVE

Responsibility
 1. BE PROACTIVE

Responsibility

Response Ability
Viktor Frankl
1940
Viktor Frankl
1905 - 1997
Circle of Concern
 Circle of
Influence

Circle of
Concern
 Circle of
Influence

Circle of
Concern
2. BEGIN WITH THE
END IN MIND
“Would you tell me, please,
which way I ought to go
from here?”
"That depends a good
deal on where you want to
get to," said the Cat.
"I don’t much care
where," said Alice.
"Then it doesn’t matter
which way you go," said the
Cat.
Visio
n
3. PUT FIRST THINGS
FIRST

What is
most
important in
your life?
 PUT FIRST THINGS
FIRST Urgent Not Urgent
I II
Crisis Planning
Important Deadlines Relationships
Meetings Values
III IV
Interruptions Trivia
Not
Reports Junk mail
Important
Some meetings Some phone calls
 PUT FIRST THINGS
FIRST Urgent Not Urgent
I II
30% 15%
Crisis Planning
Important Deadlines Relationships
Meetings Values
50% III 5% IV
Interruptions Trivia
Not
Reports Junk mail
Important
Some meetings Some phone calls
 PUT FIRST THINGS
FIRST Urgent Not Urgent
I II
25% 80%
Crisis Planning
Important Deadlines Relationships
Meetings Values
15% III -1% IV
Interruptions Trivia
Not
Reports Junk mail
Important
Some meetings Some phone calls
4. THINK WIN-WIN

Emotional Bank
 Emotional Bank
Account
WITHDRAWALS DEPOSITS
Angry words Understanding
Unforgiving Apology
Cruel joke Attention to little
Ignoring things
Excluding Keeping
commitments
Consideration
ABUNDANCE
MENTALITY

What do you
do around
here?
ABUNDANCE
MENTALITY

Anything I can to
make the
organization work
better!
 Courage and
Consideration
High
I II
YOU LOSE YOU WIN
THEY WIN THEY WIN
CONSIDERATION
III IV
YOU LOSE YOU WIN
THEY THEY
Low LOSE LOSE High
COURAGE
5. SEEK FIRST TO
UNDERSTAND,

THEN BE
UNDERSTOOD
Listening
 Ignoring
 Pretend Your own frame
listening of reference
 Selective
listening
Attentive

 Within the other
Empathetic listening person’s frame
listening
of reference
 Listening

Don’t
jump to conclusions!
6. SYNERGIZE
7. SHARPEN THE SAW
Recharge Your
Batteries
 Physical
 Exercise, nutrition, stress
management
 Emotional – Social
 Relationships, service, empathy,
security
 Mental
 Reading, planning, visualizing,
writing
 Spiritual

Glenn
Brenner
1948 - 1992
 Everyday of Your Life

Be the person
you want to be!

Make someone
happy!