Name: Sanaiya Z Jokhi

Enrollment Number: AU1811391

Batch: 2
Submitted to: Jatin Christie
Course: Identity And Behavior

In the earlier times the foundation of success helped people cultivate

integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, and
the Golden Rule which is known as “character ethic”. Covey studied hundreds of
years of literature on the concept of “success”. He noticed that the way people
viewed success had changed to what he called “personality ethic” which states that
success is an element of one’s personality, attitudes, behaviors and public image. It
is not an easy task to change the habits to improve what we are. It is a painful
process. A higher purpose should be found for it and the person should be able to
decide what should be done now to get what you want later.

Habits 1, 2 and 3 make up the self mastery where we go from dependence to

independence. The habits 4, 5 and 6 are focused on moving from independence to
interdependence where we succeed with other people. These habits focus on
developing skills like teamwork and communication. Habit 7 incorporates all other
habits. It focuses on continuous growth and improvement which means to renew
our mind, body and spirit periodically.

1. Being Proactive:

We pick the contents by which to experience our lives. Utilize this self-awareness
to be proactive and assume responsibility for your decisions. Covey talks about the
first habit that is being proactive. What recognizes us as people from every other
creature is our capacity to analyze our own particular character, to choose how to
see ourselves and our circumstances. Reactive people think the issue is "out there"
- however that thought is the issue. "The way we see the problem is the problem,"
Covey states. Reactive people feel constantly out of control and that they are the
victims. Whereas, proactive people realize that they have responsibility or
“response-ability” which according to Covey, is best way to choose how you will
respond to a particular stimulus. “It is our willing permission, our consent to what
happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happened to us in the first place." -
Stephen Covey. To be proactive, one needs to focus on the circle of influence that
belongs in our circle of concern. The positive energy leads to the expansion of our
circle of influence. On the other hand, reactive people focus on their circle of
concern but not on their circle of influence which leads to the blaming on external
factors.

2. Begin with the end in mind:

Most people find it really easy to get themselves busy. They work so hard to
achieve what they want, to achieve victories, recognition and so on. But we don’t
think about the meaning behind the things we get busy into. We don’t really
question ourselves about the things keeping us busy are really the things that
matter. In order to know that we’re in the right direction, we should start with the
end in mind and keep our goal clear. “It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an
activity trap, in the busyness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the
ladder of success only to discover that it's leaning against the wrong wall." -
Stephen Covey

3. Put first things first:

Keeping in mind the end goal to manage ourselves, we should put first things first.
We should have the order to organize our everyday activities in view of what is
most essential, not what is most urgent. We talked about the significance of
deciding our qualities and understanding what it is we have in our mind to achieve.
Habit 3 is about really pursuing these objectives, and executing it daily. To keep up
the order and the attention to remain on track toward our objectives, we need the
resolution to accomplish something when we would prefer not to do it. "The key is
not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." -Stephen
Covey

4. Think win-win:

Interdependent relationships are effective when people create win-win situations

that are mutually beneficial to both the parties in that relationship. There are six
paradigms of relationships: 1.Win-win 2.Win-lose 3.Lose-win 4. Lose-lose 5.Win
6.Win-win or no deal. The best alternative is to create a win-win situation because
in other alternatives, like win-lose, lose-win or win, only one party gets what they
want but this affects their relationship in a negative way.

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood:

We should deeply understand a person and their perspective through empathetic

listening in order to offer any advice or suggestion. Most people listen to reply and
not to understand. This is where the real problem lies. Empathetic listening is not
that you agree with the person interacting with you but really understanding them
and their perception.

6. Synergize:

"When one plus one equals three or more and the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts."

For example, two people are trying to pick apples from a tree. None of them can
reach the apples but if one of them sits on the other’s shoulder all the apples can be
picked.
Synergy allows us to create new possibilities which benefit all. It helps us to dump
the old ways of doing something and make some new ways of doing the same.

7. Sharpen the saw:

To be successful, we should commit an opportunity to renewing ourselves

physically, mentally, rationally, and socially. Persistent renewal enables us to
synergistically expand our capacity to practice each habit. Habit 7 focuses on
sharpening the saw or renewing yourself in order to make the other habits possible.