THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE -- Stephen Covey (1932.10.24 ~2012.7.16)

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE -- Stephen Covey

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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.

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① Be proactive

· In order to survive the competition we should be proactive not reactive.

· We can be proactive to establish some plans to handle increased risk.

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② Begin with the end in mind

· They begin with end in mind.

· Scientists do research with the ends in mind.

· You should study English with the end in mind.

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③ Put first Things First

· You need learn to put the first thing first.

· We should put our plans first.

· Put your parents first be fore anything else.

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④ Think Win-Win

· It is a win-win situation all around.

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⑤ Seek first to understand, Then to be understood

· Before you condemn, you should first seek to understand.

· I will seek to understand our position.

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⑥ Synergize

· The additional effectiveness when two or more companies
or people combine and work together.

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⑦ Sharpen the saw

· I sharpened the razor on a whetstone.

· Anne sharpened the pencil and got out her homework.

· The course will help students sharpen their writing skills.