Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People


This is another book that I read YEARS ago. It talks about the different levels of living: First, we are dependent, we rely on others for everything. Then we are independent, we don't need others. Then we reach the highest level, which is interdependency where we trust each other and synergize with others in order to achieve greater things than we could alone.

Then it lists the habits that lead to this. Namely,
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 (creative cooperation)
7. Sharpen the saw