A Joosr Guide to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Think of yourself as climbing a ladder to get somewhere. You might be working hard to make fast progress up the ladder, but what if it is leaning against the wrong wall?

Though we have this ability, many of us are in the habit of reacting without thinking. We allow people or situations to affect us, and in that way we give up control of ourselves. What we fail to realize in this situation is that our behavior results from our own decisions, not the conditions around us. It can be difficult, but it is entirely possible to place your values over your emotional responses

Human development follows three important stages: dependence, independence, and interdependence.

Effective time management follows four steps. First you should identify the key roles you play in the average week personally, professionally, and socially.

Each of our daily activities can be placed into one of four categories:
urgent and important (crises and emergencies);
not urgent but important (planning meetings and preventative maintenance);
not important but urgent (phone calls and emails); and,
not important or urgent (games and time wasters).

quantity. It’s how we spend it that varies, and this is something that we can control.

The time we have is usually a fixed quanti

learning to spend the majority of your time doing important things before they become urgent.

Effective personal management is focusing your attention on important tasks

create a mission statement.