Powerful Lessons of Stephen Covey

Book Title:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Author:
Stephen R. Covey

Chapter:
The Seven Habits an Overview
Pages 46-59

Bullet Points:

• Habits are important in our lives because not only do we constantly do them, but they are a part of our character and hard to break.
• For there to be a habit in life youmust have knowledge, skill, and desire.
• A habit will not suddenly appear for example in human interaction you must know that you need to listen, know how to listen, and want to listen.
• Change is motivated by will and a higher purpose that will help you to make you happy.
• Happieness is defined as being able to sacrafice what you want at the moment fo what you will want later.
• The seven habits are not a seperate set of rules, but rules that co-inside with the natural way and help you move thru life from dependence to independence to finally interdependence.
• Dependency is "you take care of me." Needing others to get what you want. Independent is "I can do it." Also I can get what I want with my own effort. Interdependent is "We can do it." With combined effort for the greatest success.
• Physical, mental, and emotional maturity does not mature at the same rate.
• Independent people who can not work interdependently will only be good individually, but they will not be good leaders.
• Habits 1-3 is about self mastery.
• Habits 4-6 is about teamwork, cooperation, and communication in success.
• Habit 7 is the habit of renewal.
• The seven habits are refered to the "habits of effectiveness."
• Effectiveness lies in the balence of production and production capability(P/PC.)
• There are three kinds of assets physical, financial, and human.
• You must invest time in your assets to achieve success.

Summary:
In this book, Stephen Covey explains a quick overview of the many ways of being successful, including the seven habits and the differences of dependencys. He tells that habits 1-3 is about self mastery, 4-6 is about teamwork, cooperation, and communication in success. Also interdependence is the most successful way of the dependencys because it involves teamwork and leadership. The fact of the matter is that without interdependence and habits 4-6 you are unable to work well with others and become a poor leader. This is connected with all the great leaders of our time because they could work well with their collegues thru teamwork, cooperation, and communication.