10 Life-changing Lessons - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey | Book SUmmary

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In this book summary, Clark Kegley condenses Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People into 10 ideas. He walks through the seven habits: be proactive by using the gap between stimulus and response; begin with the end in mind using Covey’s funeral exercise; put first things first by identifying a most important task and using a not-to-do list; think win-win, or win-win or no deal; seek first to understand then be understood, illustrated with his work with middle schoolers at the Boys and Girls Club; synergize, where cooperation creates more than competition; and sharpen the saw by investing in self-renewal, which for Kegley is journaling. He adds the eighth habit from Covey’s follow-up — find your voice and help others find theirs — plus Covey’s four quadrants for urgent/important tasks, and the principle that everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.

Key takeaways

• Be proactive means widening the stimulus-response gap and choosing a response focused on the goal rather than the problem, per Kegley’s summary of Covey
• Begin with the end in mind uses the funeral exercise: imagine what family, work, friends and community would say, then act that way today
• Put first things first by naming one most important task per day and keeping distractions on a not-to-do list
• Seek first to understand, then be understood — Kegley says letting students speak first made them more willing to listen in return
• Everything is created twice, first as a mental blueprint and then in reality, which Kegley presents as permission to dream on paper

Episode details: published June 6, 2016 · 18:35 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Clark Kegley’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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