The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people Review

 By-Himani Sikarwar
      (Faridabad)




  Stephen R. Covey in his book " The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people " suggested :
1. BE PROACTIVE

2. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

3. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

4.THINK WIN/WIN

5. SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

6. SYNERGIZE

7. SHARPEN THE SAW

7 habits of highly effective people

But looking at the horrible conditions of various organizations & employees , he decided to write "The 8th Habit."

The 8th Habit has two aspects: find your own unique voice and help others find theirs.

Most employees experience considerable emotional pain working in their organizations because they are treated as objects, not full human beings. There is a need of knowledge worker. The knowledge worker is a new model for change in the unspoken, unwritten contract between employer and worker. A knowledge worker is a complete person with mind, body, heart and soul & not the one who works from nine to five.
Discovering Your Voice: Finding your unique voice means fulfilling your innate potential. People generally asks "Is leadership an inborn or acquired trait?"

The answer is that it is neither inbornt nor acquired. You have a choice in the space or time between every action and every reaction. During this moment, reflect on what has happened and determine your response.

The ability to understand your free power of choice opens the door to four vital intelligences or capabilities:

1. Mind: IQ is mental intelligence — Many people stop here when evaluating intelligence, but it is too restrictive.

2. Body: PQ is physical intelligence — This form of intelligence is often discounted, because it takes place without your conscious awareness. You do not have to think to breathe or to make your heart beat. Yet this intelligence responds continuously to the environment to maintain health, ward off infection and so forth.

3. Heart: EQ is emotional intelligence — You must be an aware, sensitive and empathetic person to communicate with others on a genuine level. A person with a strong EQ knows what to say and when to say it, how to feel and how to express those feelings. Substantial evidence indicates that over the long run EQ is a stronger determinant of success than IQ.

4. Spirit or soul: SQ is spiritual intelligence — This is the most central intelligence because it directs the activities of the other three. Our drive for meaning and purpose leads us to develop our SQ.

You can adopt the 8th habit by:

• “Modeling” — Prove yourself trustworthy through your actions, rather than imposing expectations on others.

• “Aligning” — Help your organization be congruent with the spirit of trust and empowerment. Proper alignment results in institutional moral authority.

• “Empowering” — Accept the four elements of a person’s nature — heart, mind, body, spirit — and embrace them. Have faith in people’s ability to choose wisely for themselves. Empowerment produces cultural moral authority. When you reach the stages of alignment and empowerment, you’re talking about execution. In most companies, a great gap yawns between goals and execution.

• “Pathfinding” — Create a sense of direction and order for your organization.

The ultimate path to harnessing all 8 Habits is to serve others. The real reason organizations are established is to serve human needs. The notion of service above self lends you the moral authority to be a great leader. The question isn’t, “What’s in it for me?” It is, “What’s in me that I can give others?”

Each person is precious, and there is truly no limit to what an organization can accomplish when leadership becomes a choice rather than a position.

Choosing to serve becomes the most enlightened habit of all !

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