Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

• Habit 1 Be Proactive
• Joseph Gibson
• Kenya McCall
• Mahesh Sriramshetty

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Introduction

• There are three types of social maps in which we
  generally see ourselves.
• Genetic Determinism-you are what you are because
  it is hereditary.
• Psychic determinism-you are what you are because
  of your upbringing.
• Environmental determinism- you are what you are
  because of the environment you live in.

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Stimulus-Response Theory

• We respond to particular stimuli
• Victor Frankl
• Jewish prisoner in Nazi death camps
• His dignity was repressed.
• His family was murdered and he was forced to
  dispose of the bodies.
• He realized that they can take away his liberty,
  but not his freedom.
• He had the power to decide how all of this was
  going to affect him.
• He was an inspiration to those around him
• He used his experiences to discover that in
  between stimulus and response, man has the
  freedom to choose.

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Definition of Proactivity

• More than merely taking initiative
• It means that we are responsible for our own
  lives.
• We have the initiative and the responsibility to
  make things happen.
• Responsibility Response Ability the
  ability to choose your own response.
• How we respond to the stimuli in our lives will
  ultimately make or break us.

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Lessons Learned

• Take the initiative
• Act or be Acted Upon
• Listen to your Language
• Work within your Circle of Influence

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Taking the Initiative

• Recognizing our responsibility to make things
  happen
• Types of initiatives
• Solution selling the ability to solve the
  organizations problem
• Response the agreement to take the necessary
  steps
• Proactivity human nature
• Proactive Individual One who does whatever is
  necessary to be consistent with correct
  principles

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Act or Be Acted Upon

• Possibilities of Business
• Worse before it gets better trend
• Better management reduces cost and increases
  market share.
• Positive thinking better than ever
• Being proactive can combine the creativity and
  resourcefulness of proactive individuals to
  create a proactive culture with the organization.

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Listening to Our Language

• Basic paradigm of determinism to transfer our
  responsibility
• Proactive language is the degree to which we see
  ourselves
• E.g.. Makes love a verb
• Reactive language is a self-fulfilling prophecy
  to support belief
• E.g.. Makes love a feeling

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Listening to Our Language

• Reactive language
• Theres nothing I can do
• Thats just the way I am
• He makes me so mad
• They wont allow that
• I cant
• I must
• If only

• Proactive Language
• Lets look at our alternatives
• I can choose a different approach
• I control my own feelings
• I can create an effective presentation
• I will choose an appropriate response
• I choose
• I prefer
• I will

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Circle of Concern/Circle of Influence

• Concerns
• Our health, our children, problems at work,
  national debt,.
• Things within our circle of concern over which we
  have influence.

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Proactive Focus

• Proactive people focus their efforts on Circle of
  Influence
• Reactive people focus their efforts in Circle of
  Concern
• Proactive people have a Circle of Concern that
  is as big as their Circle of Influence

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Proactive Approach

• Gandhi
• Expanded his circle of influence
• Held no office or political position
• Had compassion, courage and moral persuasion
• Joseph
• Was proactive, worked on the inner circle

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Conclusion

• If you make a mistake, admit it, correct it,
  learn from it immediately
• Work only on things you have control over
• Look at weakness of others with compassion, not
  accusation
• The problem is not the problem, but the problem
  is how we choose to react to the problem
• We are responsible for our own happiness and
  ultimately our circumstances