Steven Covey’s the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Steven Covey’s the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
A good number of business leaders and entrepreneurs are found to feed themselves a
steady diet of information and books as a source of constant motivation and continues
improvement to enhance the quality of both their personal as well as professional life. Inspired
by them, I also engage myself in reading business books and magazines along with other
sources. Amongst some of the effective books that have the potential to enhance the leadership
skills of an individual, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, as per my opinion is a
mention worthy one. In this book the author, Steven Covey has presented the seven habits of
successful leaders and categorized the same into three parts namely, independence,
interdependence and continuous improvement. The first three habits, namely, be proactive,
beginning with the end in mind and put the first things first, surround moving from dependence
to independence. The next three habits, namely, think win-win, seek first to understand, then to
be understood and synergize talks about interdependence (Covey, 2015). The final habit,
Sharpen the saw, demonstrates continuous improvement.
I consider the habits mentioned in the book as tools for ensuring personal as well as
professional success. In the following paragraphs I will discuss about the seven habits mentioned
in the book and how it has strengthen by interpersonal skills to be an efficient business leader in
future.
Habit 1: Be proactive
This habit indicates towards the tendency of an individual to take responsibility for one’s
action and to select the response to adverse situation positively (Gayathri, 2019). The author in
his book introduced the story of Vitor Frankl, a holocaust survivor and a psychiatrist. The story