MGMT1201: Business Communication - 7 Habits of Effective People

This report examines Stephen Covey's '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' in the context of business communication. It explores the importance of being proactive, starting with the end in mind, prioritizing, developing win-win relationships, seeking to understand before being understood, synergizing, and continuous self-renewal. The report emphasizes the application of these habits in the workplace to improve communication, leadership, and overall effectiveness. It highlights the significance of self-awareness, responsibility, and the development of positive habits for achieving personal and professional goals. The report also includes a discussion of the habits, with references to supporting literature.

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Human beings tend to be at the best of self when they there is full control of behavior by
them and they are accountable for every action. The balance between gaining the desirable
outcome with care about the habits an individual develops for producing the results signifies
effectiveness of that individual. It has been illustrated by Stephen R. Covey that the effectiveness
deals with being effective whenever there is attainment of goals through an alignment with
themselves that is based on character ethics showcased by them in individually and timelessly.
Every individual wants to be proactive and for being that there are some habits that needs to be
developed in day to day lifestyle (Covey, 2015.) The seven behaviors or habits of people who are
highly effective are as follows:
 Being Proactive: Every individual needs to be in full charge. There is a script for
everyone and individuals choose to live according to that. The script is made by
individuals only and not anyone else. This is an act of self-awareness that is
supposed to get used for taking responsibility for choices made and be proactive
in life (McGowan, 2016.) The human mind is a powerful place and it builds
everything on the thoughts fed. One of the best way to be proactive is feed good
thoughts to the mind. Thinking that there is a problem in itself is an issue. To
make the mind proactive, productive thoughts need to be filled.
 Thinking to start from the end: Every individual should start with a clear
destination inside mind. Imagination is a powerful tool that can be used for
developing visions. An individual shall develop a vision about how they want to
be and use that conscience for deciding the values required for developing which
will act as guidance for future. Human beings go after doing things in a race
which no one is even aware of. This not only makes things artificial but also

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wastes the conscious energy of human beings for producing productive activities
with an intent.
 Doing things with a purpose: In order to be effectively manageable, first things
should be put first. Individuals should have a disciplinary lifestyle and develop
habits accordingly that cater a purpose. When things are done without any
purpose that does not have any direction that can be used for fruitful results.
Habits are developed when practiced daily. A sense of strong will power is
required to be on track whenever there is a feeling of laziness. A human shall act
according to values than impulses (Pruzan et al. 2017.)
 Developing Positive Thinking: In order to establish effective and independe3nt
relationships, an individual must be committed towards creating or developing
situations that are win-win for both of the party. There must be a mutual
satisfaction and beneficial substance for both. A mindset where both person wins
in very important for being an effective person in life. For example, when a
person only thinks for themselves they think in order to win, the other person has
to loose. This creates a sense of competition in a negative approach and puts
negative impact on relationships.
 Seek first to Understand Than to be Understood: Whenever there is situation
of offering suggestions, solutions or interact in an effective way with the other
person, an individual first should understand deeply what the other person is
saying rather than speaking first. Listening emphatically is a great tool and step
toward being an effective human. It helps human beings develop and maintain
relationships. Everyone spent years in learning how to read, write and speak but

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when listening is required, most people lack this important skill. Listening first
and then speaking not only makes it a clear way of communication but also helps
in making things easier to deal with (Moen, 2015.)
 Synergize: When the differences between diverse perspectives amongst each
other is understood and acknowledged, there is a creation of opportunity for
synergy. New possibilities are discovered when humans be in a pace of synergy.
It creates opens and makes an individual more creative on how he or she
perceives thinks in the outer world. It also helps them find a way of living that is
more conscious and efficient (Rehman & Nasir, 2015.)
 Renewing oneself: For being an effective person, the saw shall always get
sharpen with passing time. This basically means that renewing of oneself
spiritually, physically, mentally and socially with the passing time. The process
of continuous renewal allows one person to increase the amount of their ability
synergistically along with a little practice of habits. It is always about preserving
and enhancing the greatest asset one possesses (Green, 2017.)

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