The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
What if I were to tell you that you have complete control over your life? And that you can choose how you want to feel and how you will act regardless of circumstances or of what others say or do? This is how proactive people live their lives.
In his fabulous book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen Covey explains that there are seven habits that all successful people adopt. The first of these habit is to be proactive. Being proactive means that you take responsibility for yourself and for your actions. It means that your attitude is the following:
- I create my life.
- I will choose how to respond instead of just reacting to others and to events on auto-pilot.
- I know what I want.
- I take action to get what I want.
- Instead of making excuses I look for ways around obstacles.
- Instead of saying “I’ll try” I say “I will”.
- I know that even in the worst of circumstances I have the ability to choose my attitude.
- I act within my circle of influence instead of worrying about things over which I have no control.
If you’d like to read more about Stephen Covey’s bestseller, visit my Squidoo lens “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People“. In addition, you can read my blog post “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Habit 1“.
