The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

A tool to help you implement the 7 Habits, along with trackers for your personal goals and habits to help you be more productive.

Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, he became the co-founder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, a global training firm.

Contents Introduction to the 7 Habits - Week 1: Self-Assessment - Week 2: Identify Your Habits - Week 3: Track Your Effective Habits Habit 1: Be Proactive—the Habit of Choice - Week 4: Take a Deep Breath and Count to 10 - Week 5: Have a Proactive Day - Week 6: Take the Initiative - Week 7: Shrink Your Circle of Concern - Week 8: Expand Your Circle of Influence - Week 9: Break the Cycle Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind—the Habit of vision - Week 10: See the Big Picture - Week 11: Create Your Mission Statement - Week 12: Refine and Share Your Mission Statement - Week 13: Balance Your Roles - Week 14: Continue Balancing Your Roles Habit 3: Put First Things First—the Habit of Prioritizing - Week 15: Set a Goal - Week 16: Define Outcome Before You Act - Week 17: Do Important Things First - Week 18: Use Your Time Wisely - Week 19: Work First, Then Play - Week 20: Put First Things First Private Victory to Public Victory - Week 21: Keep Your Commitments - Week 22: Build Your Emotional Bank Account Habit 4: Think Win-Win—the Habit of Mutual Benefit - Weeks 23-24: Consider Other People’s Wins as Well as Your Own - Week 25: Cultivate an Abundance Mentality - Week 26: Continue Cultivating an Abundance Mentality - Week 27: Balance Courage and Consideration - Week 28: Continue Balancing Courage and Consideration - Week 29: Everyone Can Win - Week 30: Think Win-Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood—the Habit of Mutual Understanding - Week 31: Listen Before You Talk - Week 32: Practice Empathic Listening - Week 33: Avoid Autobiographical Listening - Week 34: Seek First to Understand - Week 35: Seek to Be Understood - Week 36: Continue Seeking to Be Understood - Week 37: Practice Effective Communication Habit 6: Synergize—the Habit of Creative Cooperation - Week 38: Together is Better - Week 39: Value Differences - Week 40: Continue Valuing Differences - Week 41: Synergize - Week 42: Remove Barriers - Week 43: Continue Removing Barriers Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw—the Habit of Renewal - Week 44: Focus on Self-Renewal - Week 45: Continue Focusing on Self-Renewal - Week 46: Focus on Social/Emotional Renewal - Week 47: Take Time for Yourself - Week 48: Continue Taking Time for Yourself - Week 49: Tame Technology - Week 50: Continue Taming Technology - Week 51: Sharpen the Saw - Week 52: Self-Assessment