7 Habits of Highly effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Above all, healthy people still get sick. Circle of Influenceīeing proactive in your Circle of Influence will help you become more influential, but there will still be areas that you do not fully control:įor example, eating healthy foods and exercising regularly will influence your health, however, it does not mean you will not get sick. Making the best choices won’t always be easy (we will write more about that next month), but you are in charge. The time you go to bed and get up in the morning.What you buy, read, listen to, and watch.Your Circle of Control:īe proactive in the areas you have direct control over. Productive people exert effort in their Circle of Influence. The inner circle represents matters you directly control. Some areas of the outer circle are areas where your choices have a direct impact – this is your circle of influence. The outer circle of concern includes everything that impacts you. We can ignore areas outside of these three circles as they are of no concern to you. The key lesson in Habit 1 is understanding whether you control, influence, or only have concern about an impact. Effective people choose to take the initiative and act back. Whenever something impacts you, YOU are in control of the response. Here is a brief summary of the key lessons from the 7 Habits.

Since Covey’s book is now 30 years old, I wonder how many millennials have never read the book or learned its timeless lessons? Covey’s bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.The current (July, 2020) racial tension in the United States has led me to recall one of my favorite productivity lessons: “ seek first to understand, then to be understood.” This is Habit 5 from Stephen R.

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7 Habits of Highly effective People by Stephen R. Covey