THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was written by Stephen R. Covey in 1989. This book has been on the National Best Seller list for over 200 weeks. Many people have attended Covey’s seminars on the subject. Many companies have required top executives to read this book including AT & T‚ Dow Chemical‚ Ford‚ Deloitte and Touche‚ Marriott‚ Xerox and Ritz Carlton Hotels. This book proposes that there are seven habits that can be learned to improve
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First Habit: Be proactive Being proactive means that before each stimulus of the environment have the ability to decide the answer we want to‚ this means that we are not slaves of the actions that are performed on us‚ but free executors of our behavior. A practical example in our life is a driver of a car yells an obscenity or touches us with insistence the whistle of the car. In this case our response can vary from taking a gun and shoot and then suffer the legal consequences of our behavior to
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THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE The ability of this book to inspire‚ motivate‚ engage and direct all of us to be better partners‚ friends‚ companions‚ associates and leaders is beyond measure. Stephen Covey has put together a step by step road map that is neither a quick fix nor a 1 trick pony to success of personal growth and achievement. These principals of character are the building blocks for growth and are steadfast through the ages of time. He has broken down in detail 7 habits for
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are surprisingly good. Although in the world today‚ there is violence and hate‚ but being bad does not come naturally to humans. Hate is actually taught and becomes embedded in people. This can be the outcome of abuse‚ loss‚ or societal influence. In a study performed with babies‚ the most innocent and having almost no cultural effect‚ was done to solve the theory of whether people are naturally good or bad. “Their results suggest that even the youngest humans have a sense of right and wrong‚ and
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Reading habits of newspapers among people ABSTRACT: Design a questionnaire of no more than 10 questions to carry out a survey among friends‚ family‚ colleagues and associates to discover their reading/viewing habits/tastes in relation to news. When you have surveyed at least 25 people‚ write a short report in a news story style (150-200 words) describing and explaining your findings. Use statistical data gleaned from your survey to back up results. Include a breakdown of your survey sample
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Habit 5: Seek First to Understand‚ Then to Be Understood Referred to as the single most important principle in the field of interpersonal relations‚ habit five is essential to changes in personal success. Stephen Covey recognizes this habit as one in which everyone can benefit from as it is easily relatable to the most individuals. Most of our lives we’ve been taught how to interact with others through speaking‚ reading and writing but the most important tool‚ the ability to listen‚ is often
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• Religions make people bad. While consciously pursuing your spiritual development is commendable‚ joining an established religion such as Christianity‚ Islam‚ or Hinduism is one of the worst ways to go about it. In this talk I’ll share some reasons why you must eventually abandon the baggage of organized religion if you wish to pursue conscious living in earnest. Examples: On Easter Sunday of 2008‚ 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston‚ Wisconsin‚ suffered waves of nausea as she lay motionless
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25 March 2015 Never Ending Routine Everyone has habits‚ even if they do not realize it. For instance‚ I woke up this morning‚ put toothpaste on my toothbrush and brushed my teeth. In the novel Habit written by Charles Duhigg‚ he makes a clear point that in order to change a habit‚ one has to first change his or her habit loop. A habit loop consists of three steps: cue‚ routine‚ and reward. Routines that are done repetitively are turned into habits. From an early age‚ hoarding had a negative impact
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largest democracy in the world. It’s the most diversified nation with more than a billion people living with communal ‘cacophony’ among each other. We have the longest written constitution among any sovereign nation with 117‚369 words written in the English version. There is an elected government which is suppose to work for a period of five years under the citation that it is a government by ‚ of and for the people. The above statements make our political system look like a very gruesome establishment
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HABIT 3 “PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST” Habit 3 is the personal fruit‚ it is the practical fulfillment of Habit 1 and Habit 2. This habit is all about personal time management. It tells us that how can we schedule our priorities and eliminate unimportant things. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We have put a lot of efforts in this project. However it would have not been possible without the kind help and support of all group members. We would like to express our special gratitude to Allah because without HIS help we
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