The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Habit 1: Be Proactive
"Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."
Being proactive is a great habit that must be used in everyday life. You must control the way you want your life to head, the way that you want it to be. It's all about heading towards your goal to what you want to be successful. In order to go in the right direction you must be proactive. This habit will ensure to strive for more success. You just can't be proactive one day and the next day you won't, it just doesn't work like that it's all about making it a 24/7 thing. Being proactive is the key that will bring so many great habits to making you successful. It all determines on you and what you do, it determines on me and what I do. I am proactive and I am in charge and on the driver's seat to my destiny that awaits. Responsibility is important for being proactive it's all about waking up and knowing that you will be responsible for being proactive today. I will arrive at my destiny and the other habits for being proactive. I control on what I do in my life and I choose to be Proactive to chase on my destiny.
Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
"Control your destiny or someone else would." (Jack Welch)
When starting something it is important to always important to finish what you started. The end is the best thing to something that you have started. It is a great feeling seeing the end in mind because once you get there, happiness and joy come out of it. I always intend in finishing what I just started because I know that I am going to finish because I have the end in mind. Someone should not be able to control your ending, your destiny. The only person that controls that is you and only you. I control what I am going to do with my destiny and I make sure it's good. Beginning with the end in mind is something to always think of for example if you study for a test and you study over and over then in the end you will get a good grade on the test because in order to get to the end you must have the sequence in mind too on how to get there. Every person has a destiny to get too, that's called their destiny and they all control it, they all control their own destiny. People will try to take advantage of your destiny but what is important and to always keep in mind is that you only you can control it and will not let anybody in the driver's seat of your destiny. The only person that should be in the driver's seat is you and you're driving your way to your destination which is your destiny.
Habit 3: Put first things first
"Organize and execute around priorities"
Putting things first is important to every human being it has to become a habit. When you think of doing something that thing must be put first and must be done. Being organize is important it makes things easier and faster and truly will help through out all life. For example it's like being on a slide what you must do first is climb up the slide and then you will need to slide down. Climbing might not be fun but it is the first thing that has to be done. Then comes adjusting yourself to slide down. Finally, you have fun sliding down, all these are steps that must be done correctly and organized because it is important to do things the right way in order to finish the right way. The beginning is the starting of many things and that's why it's the most important.
habit 4: Think Win-Win
"Think Win-Win or no deal'
It's all about thinking that you're going to win. You can't win if you think that you're going to think of losing. Thinking that you're going to lose will make you lose. I am a person who thinks of winning, if I lose i obviously didn't put so much thought into winning, I know that I must try harder to win. There is no deal if you're not thinking of winning because that is just something that's going to come with luck. You just have to keep trying over and over and have the confidence to win. Winners are not just naturally made they put so much effort into focusing on winning and when their time comes then they will put themselves to the limit and win. I try my hardest to become a winner and I know that I can do it because I have confidence and effort. I don't want no deal I want win. When people train or practice what every athlete looks up to is to win that's a number one requirement, every athlete looks forward to win I look forward to win. With the train and thought into winning, and if it's the main focus then there is going to be a victory in the end of the game. It doesn't have to just be a sport winning results in many ways.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood.
"Diagnose before you prescribe"
It is important to understand before saying something about you're understanding. It's all about learning so you can understand the subject so then you can go on and teach others. Learning about what's wrong is the most important thing to do before you actually try to solve the problem. If you just go on ahead and try to solve the problem right away then there might be a big chance that the problem will only resolve on being bigger. This habit is all about understanding others and understanding yourself. For example going to doctor they need to diagnose what's wrong and what's making you sick so they can prescribe you the medicine that will make you better. In school I must understand the subject I'm learning so I can advance forward and make others understand what I have understood. The people who are really successful are the ones who did lots of listening and less talking. Before doing anything the first thing that must come is listening. A big problem in listening is that we listen to reply not to understand. Understanding is a key part in life it's what will make others understand you.
Habit 6: Synergize
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"
This habit is all about teamwork. On this habit it is very important to me because the whole world runs on teamwork. Nothing can be done if it's just a person by themselves, teamwork gets the job done faster and easier. Being together is being stronger. People work together for everything and this is correct and will be forever. When one person or many others combine their efforts it will lead to many accomplishments. It is better to work together than working apart. Synergy can accomplish many things in life, it can benefit almost anything. When a building is being built, it can't be done alone by just one worker it requires a team a huge team to combine and unite to create a marvelous building. Synergy isn't just for the work force it goes beyond and is introduced and adapted by many other people and businesses. Many people don't want to be in team and that is just not good, later on that person that doesn't like teamwork will realize that everything requires teamwork. In sports in order to score a touchdown or a goal the whole team needs to work together to accomplish the objective.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Four Dimensions of Self-Renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/Emotional
These will be about the four dimensions of physical, mental, spiritual, and social/emotional. These are very important attributes to have in every day life. These have to be applied to everyday life but must never disappear, you must be productive everyday in life. That's why the saw must be sharpen so you can continue being productive. A saw over time of being used will become less and less productive from working everyday. Just like there must be a saw for life and must be used everyday over and over but after the saw of your life starts to get less productive, it must get sharpened so it can continue the next day and then the next day until you have to sharpen the saw of your life again. The way you can sharpen the saw is to eat healthy , get good rest, get some exercise, take breaks, breathe deeply, and many more that will help. That was some physical ways that the saw of life can be sharpened. Now there is mental ways like solving puzzles, find a hobby, and other mental ways that can best suit the saw of life. The way to spiritually sharpen the saw can be in a way as such as praying. The way to social and emotionally sharpen the saw is by hanging out or talking with friends. have people that you can connect to, that know you and that you feel comfortable with. The final way you can emotionally sharpen the saw is by talking to family members and connecting with them connecting others.
Reflection:
These 7 habits will forever be habits that I will have in my daily life style I am a very proactive person. I control my life the way I want and will continue doing it my way I am not a reactive person and don't intend on being. I am on the drivers seat for my life, I control it, and i'm going straight on the road to completing my goals. There might be bumps and curves in the way but that is not going to stop me from completing my goals. The 2nd habit is to begin with the end in mind, that is something that I always think of before I start something. If I start something I have to keep in mind that I will finish what I started. I see things all the way to the end and will want it to end the way I start to the end. I have many things in my life, but the most important are the ones that must be first. This 3rd habit is a big one I have to put so many things first like my education and my family. Many things like my hobbies and activities I just can wait. Winning is something that's always on my head. This 4th habit is all about thinking to win so you can actually win. When I play soccer I always think on winning and doing my best so that my team and I could win. If I don't feel confident about winning then I'm not doing it right, and if I lose then I know that I wasn't thinking about winning and I must work harder. I understand people I must understand people before I can be a person that people will understand. This 5th habit is all about listening and understanding. It is not good to understand and talk at the same time it must be all listening and focus. Synergy is what is so important to me, the whole world is built on synergy. Everything that is here in this world required a team and hard work. I will sharpen the saw and will continue to have all the attributes. The four dimensions are really important and will add them to my everyday life.
