The seven habits of highly effective people

This book of Steph R.Covey has changed millions of people, it's absolutely inspiring and really love reading this type of books.

The idea of this book is all about seven habits which made successful people succeed in their life.

1- Be proactive

To understand this let's divide people into two groups.

Group 1 : people who let actions and circumstances control their life and just give up, which makes success difficult to them and it's even harder to live a happy life.

Group 2 : positive and proactive people who deals with circumstances positively and take it as an opportunity to be different and special from other people, and they know that the energy of blaming on circumstances is wasted, so better to use that energy for their own benefits.

2- Begin with the end in mind

You need to imagine your self at the end of your journey, what you want the end to be?

as if you are writing a story about yourself, If you want to write that you lived as a successful person then you need to work to achieve that

3- Put first things first

While setting your goals you need to prioritize your actions and tasks, an example of that, if I want to be good at soccer I need to focus on my skills, training, fitness and put that as top priorities and give it most of my time instead of wasting my time on something will not help me to reach that goal.

4- Think win win

"Win-Win" habit is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions. It's not your way or my way, it's a better way, a higher way.

Helping people to be good at life helps us too to be a better at our lives.

A great example of that is marriage, to have fantastic and happy married life we need to help each other as a wife and husband with house, family and life tasks, also help each other emotionally.

"When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey

5- Seek first to understand than to be understood

before we force people to understand us, we must listen to them and understand them first, then we can discuss.

That related directly to habit four ( Think win win ), listening and understanding each other is actually help each other.

6- Synergize

It is a collaboration between a group of people with different talents to complete each other and get amazing results.

Just like any movie. actors, directors, filmmakers, producers etc. they work together perfectly to get a great movies.

If we work alone we won't go far and we won't achieve what we really desire.

7- Sharpen the saw

Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have.

It also means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual

The book has given as a great quote : “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” —Abraham Lincoln

an example of that, using a not sharp saw will chop down ten trees in two hours while using a sharp saw will chop down twenty tress in the same amount of time.

at the end for those who haven't read this book I highly recommend this book to be read.

I wish you all success and thanks for reading.