Seven habits

The seven habits are a set of habits or principals outlined by Stephen Covey in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People that, when applied, he claims will bring a person greater success by aligning himself with true north principals.

The seven habits include:

1. Be Proactive, or do everything in your power in each situation so that things will come out well.

2. Begin with the End in Mind, or use your creativity to imagine how things could and should be.

3. Put First Things First, or prioritize the things in your life, setting aside time first for the most important things, or those things that relate to long-term growth and success, and let the more pressing, immediate, but less important things get whats left.

4. Think Win-Win, as opposed to win-lose, looking for creative solutions that get to the roots of problems.

5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood, or listening to those around you before you try to teach them, as a person wont listen to you if he thinks that you dont understand him and or dont care about him.

6. Synergize, a word that Covey uses to mean work together in new, unexpected ways.

7. Sharpen the saw, or do things for personal growth, self renewal, and continually improving in the areas outlined by the other six habits.

The first group of habits relate to independance, or the ability of a person do do things for himself. The second group relates to interdependance, or the ability of a person to align his own needs and desires to those around him.