B. Effectiveness is defined as the basis of a person’s character, creating an empowering center of correct maps from which an individual can effectively solve problems, maximize opportunity, continually learn and integrate principles in an upward growth.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen Covey
1. Being Proactive
Proactivity means taking initiative, as a human being, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. Highly proactive people recognize responsibility. “Response-ability” means the ability to choose your response. In making such a choice, we become reactive. Reactive people are affected by their physical and social environment, the ‘social weather’. Proactive people are influenced by external stimuli, whether physical, social or psychological.
2. Begin with the End in Mind
“Begin with the end in mind” is to begin today with the image, picture or paradigm of the end of your life as your frame of reference or the criterion by which everything else is examined. It means to start with clear understanding of your destination. It also means to know where you are going so that you better understand where you are now so you can go to a right direction.
3. Putting First Things First
Effective management is putting first things first. While leadership decides what “first things’ are, it is management that puts them first. Management is discipline carrying it out.
4. Think Win/Win
The habit of effective interpersonal leadership is Think Win/Win. Win/Win is not a technique it is a total philosophy of human interaction. In fact, it is one of the six paradigms which include Win/Lose, Lose/Win, Lose/Lose, Win and Win/Win or No Deal.
5. Seeking First to Understand then to be Understood
“Seek first to understand” involve a very deep shift in paradigm. We typically seek first to be understood. Most people do not listen with