Table of contents hide 1 BE PROACTIVE 2 START WITH A PURPOSE IN MIND 3 PRIORITIZE THE IMPORTANT 4 THINK LIKE A TRANSACTIONAL STRATEGY 5 PROCESS FIRST UNDERSTAND 6 INTEGRE THE FOUR PARTS 7 KEEP IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. «Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny, ” says the proverb .

The ethics of character was a constant in books that were written about success during the first 150 years (since 1972), about virtues such as integrity, humility, faithfulness, restraint, courage, justice, patience, effort, simplicity, modesty and the "golden rule." Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is representative of that literature. It is, basically, the description of a man's efforts to integrate certain principles and habits deeply into his nature. Character ethics taught that there are basic principles for living effectively, and that people can only experience true success and lasting happiness when they learn those principles and integrate them into their basic character.

But shortly after World War I, the basic conception of success went from character ethics to what might be called "personality ethics." Success became more a function of personality, public image, attitudes and behaviors, skills and techniques that make the processes of human interaction work. Personality ethics, in essence, took two paths: one, that of public and human relations techniques, and another, positive mental attitude. Something of this philosophy was expressed in inspiring and sometimes valid maxims, such as "Your attitude determines your altitude", "The smile makes more friends than the frown" and "The human mind can achieve everything it conceives and believes."

An effective person is one who works fully, who balances efficiency / effectiveness, production / production capacity, results / behavior. It is one that begins to make use of its intelligence and consequently to dominate its character, intelligence is the ability to increase efficiency, character is the ability to increase effectiveness, wisdom is the ability to increase effectiveness. The fusion between the ability of intelligence and the habit of virtue generates character ethics. The Psalms perfectly express the ethics of the character: « Search your own heart with diligence because from it flow the sources of life ».

The "seven habits" of highly effective people materialize many of the fundamental principles of human effectiveness. Those habits are basic and primary. They represent the internalization of correct principles that underpin lasting happiness and success.

LAWS	BEGINNING	HABITS
Synthesis	The integrity	Proactivity
The shared vision	Righteousness	The programming
Strategic Planning	The potential	The execution
The creativity	The honesty	The transaction
The analysis	Respect	The understanding
The leadership	The integrity	The integration
Dualities	The service	The renovation

BE PROACTIVE

Proactivity is the action for development, it means that, as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and the responsibility that things happen.

The freedom to choose includes the privileges that distinguish us as human beings. We have independent will, that is, ability to act on the basis of our self-consciousness, free from any other influence. We have moral conscience, a deep insight into what is right or wrong, the principles that govern our behavior, and the extent to which our thoughts and actions are in harmony with those principles. In addition to self-awareness, we have imagination, ability to exert creation in our minds, going beyond the present reality, which allows us to reflect that superior trickle of the heart. cter in the lower personality of the personality (think, feel, act).

Proactive people do not react or respond but act. His acts are self-determined events, autonomous changes. When they share what they know and unify their interests, they are ready to bring the total image to consciousness.

VISION OF AN ENTREPRENEUR
Wealth will be shared
REAGENT	INTERACTIVE	Proactive
The offender is a bad and incorrigible being, so he must be isolated from society.	The criminal is born good and society corrupts him. Justice must protect the rights of citizens.	The offender has a mental disorder and needs medical treatment and therapy.

BEGIN WITH AN END IN MIND

I take as a guide what a saint expected: in essential things, unity; in the important things, diversity; In all things, generosity. GEORGE BUSH

The habit of "beginning with an end in mind" is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There is always first a mental creation, and then a physical creation, as well as in principles of personal leadership, which means that leadership is the first creation. Leaders are interested in organizations, cybernetics are interested in organizations. The organization of a system such as the mind is an activity that can only be carried out only by an intentional entity such as the soul. In the human organism only its totality can manifest will, not a disintegrated or separatist personality.

The soul is an intentional system that after reaching any of its goals or objectives, seeks another goal and objective that brings it closer to its ideal. The planning of ends consists in designing a desired future and extracting from it the ends that the rest of the planning process will be devoted to pursue. The ends are the desired results and there are three types:

• Ideals are ends that are considered unattainable, and at the same time it is considered that it is possible to reach them, and so it is expected, thanks to continuous progress.
• Objectives are goals that are not expected to be achieved until after the period contemplated in the planning, but towards which progress is expected during that period.
• Goals are ends that are expected to be achieved within the period covered by the plan.

The planning of ends includes four steps:

1. Select a mission.
2. Specify the desired properties in the mind
3. Develop an ideal redesign of that system.
4. Select the gaps between this design and the baseline scenario that the planning will try to close.

It is also there where our concentrated efforts achieve the greatest results. When we work in the very center of our circle of influence, we expand it. This is the most important CP work, which significantly influences the effectiveness of all aspects of our lives. What is at the center of our life will be our source of security, guidance, wisdom and power.

Security represents our sense of worth, our identity, our emotional base, our self-esteem, our basic personal strength (or lack thereof).

A guide means the source of direction in life. Circumscribed by our map (our internal frame of reference that interprets what happens outside) are the implicit norms, principles or criteria that govern our decisions and actions day after day.

Wisdom is our perspective of life, our sense of balance, our understanding of the way in which the various principles and parts are applied, and the relationships they establish with each other. It covers judgment, discernment, understanding. It is a Gestalt or unit, an integrated whole.

Power is the ability or power to act, the strength and power to do something. It is the vital energy to choose and decide. It also includes the ability to overcome deeply rooted habits and cultivate superior, more effective ones.

MISSION OF AN ENTREPRENEUR
Disseminate the principles of sharing, cooperation and responsibility.
POWER	WISDOM	GUIDE	SECURITY
I will be limited by the understanding of natural laws and the correct principles.	My judgment will cover a broad spectrum of long-term consequences.	I will be guided by the compass of my heart to show me how far to go.	I will build on correct principles that never change in the circumstantial

PRIORITIZE THE IMPORTANT

The third habit is the second creation, the physical creation. It is the realization, the update, the natural appearance of the first and the second habit. It is the exercise of independent will that becomes focused on principles. It is the incessant implementation, moment by moment. The first three habits are based on the computer metaphor:

1. You are the programmer.
2. Formulate the program.
3. Run the program.

Remember that management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily an activity that absorbs your right brain energy. It has a lot of art and is based on a philosophy. When facing leadership problems, you have to ask yourself the ultimate questions of life. But once these problems are addressed, after they have been resolved, it has to be managed effectively to create a life consistent with your answers. If one is not in the "right jungle", the ability to manage well will not make a big difference. In fact, the ability to manage well determines the quality and even the existence of the second creation. Administration is the fragmentation, analysis, sequence, specific application, the left brain aspect, linked to time, of effective self-government. The maximum of personal effectiveness is as follows: Manage from the left; lead from the right.

It is the willpower that really makes effective self-administration possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choose, and then act accordingly. It means acting instead of "being acted", proactively carrying out the program we have developed through the other two gifts: vision-mission.

Management is discipline put into practice. «Discipline» derives from «disciple»: disciple of a philosophy, of a set of values, of a supreme purpose, of a higher goal or of the person who represents it. As an observer of his life, the effective person projects his life in the four quadrants.

Effective people remain outside quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they are not important. They also reduce quadrant I, spending more time in quadrant II. Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal administration. It deals with things that are not urgent, but important: for example, building relationships, writing a personal mission statement, long-range planning, exercise, preventive maintenance, preparation, all those things we know there are what to do, but that we usually avoid, because they are not urgent.

These four quadrants can be assimilated to the DOFA matrix (Weaknesses, Opportunities, Strengths and Threats). To paraphrase Peter Drucker, effective people are not oriented towards problems, but towards opportunities. They feed the opportunities and let the problems die of starvation, they think preventively. They have real crises and emergencies in quadrant I that require immediate attention, but their number is comparatively small. They maintain production and its ability to produce in equilibrium, by focusing on the important, but not urgent, activities of Quadrant II, which have high power to generate capacity.

PLAN OF AN ENTREPRENEUR
Practical application of spiritual truth making all daily actions effective.
ROLES	GOALS
Person Husband Father Professional.	Keep my assertive attitude 100%. Increase the details with my wife by 10%. Reduce sanctions to my children to 5%. Keep the efficiency / effectiveness in balance.

THINK LIKE A TRANSACTIONAL STRATEGY

Invest in loving people, you will see how much you earn CONAVI

Effectiveness is the best indicator of the quality of administration that the mind has made of personality. The net asset is the amount due to its largest shareholder (the soul). One of the main responsibilities of the mind is to make the use of resources more efficient.

All of a person's activities translate into effectiveness at some time in their life. The character is the basis of effectiveness, and everything else stands on that foundation. There are three essential characteristics: integrity, mentality of abundance and maturity.

Integrity is the value we attribute ourselves. The first, second and third habits help us develop and maintain integrity. When we clearly identify our values, we organize proactively and everyday actions are organized around these values; We develop self-awareness and independent will by making and keeping meaningful promises, by committing ourselves and being faithful to our commitments.

The mentality of abundance arises from a deep inner sense of personal worth and security. It is about the belief that there is enough in the world for anyone to be left without theirs. The result is that they share the prestige, recognition, utilities, decision making. Possibilities, options, alternatives and creativity are generated. The mentality of abundance takes joy, satisfaction and realization of the first, second and third habits that concern the personal level, and externalizes them, appreciating the singularity, the direction from the interior, the proactive nature of others.

Maturity is the balance between courage and respect. " The ability to express one's feelings and convictions combined with respect for the thoughts and feelings of others ." The "continuum of maturity" belonging to the seven habits, is a process of growth and development that goes from dependence to interdependence, through independence.

The mature I arises from the ability we have to reflect on our actions (self-awareness) and from the games in which we participate in human interaction. It is through negotiation that people achieve satisfactory ways of acting in given contexts. Courage in my position, consideration for others. It may be called a balance between the strength of self and empathy, or between self-confidence and respect for others, or between concern for others and concern for the task, or "I'm fine, you're fine." in the language of transactional analysis, or 9.1, 1.9, 5.5, 9.9 in the language in managerial key, but in all cases the quality sought is the balance between courage and consideration.

The "transactional bank account" is a metaphor for the built-in trust of a relationship. It is the feeling of security we have regarding another human being.

If I increase my deposits in a bank account from which I make a depository, through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and I maintain my commitment to you, I constitute a reservation. The confidence you have in me grows, and I can appeal to that trust many times, in case I need it. I can even make a mistake, and that level of confidence, that emotional reserve, will make up the difference. My communication may not be clear, but you will understand me anyway. When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant and effective.

PROFIT AND LOSS
The mature I maintains the balance between the child and the father that we carry internally. Among passive or aggressive attitudes when communicating.
LOSSES You should… You have to… Ridiculous	EARNINGS You can I love you You are able

PROCESS FIRST UNDERSTAND

“… That does not seek to be understood but to understand That it does not seek to be comforted but to console, That it does not seek to be armed but to love…” SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS

Reading and writing, speaking and listening are the four basic types of communication. Doing them right is absolutely essential for effectiveness.

"Try to understand first" means a very profound change in attitude. Typically, we first try to be understood. Most people do not listen with the intention of understanding, but to answer. They are talking or preparing to talk. They filter everything through their own prejudices, read their autobiography in the lives of other people.

Empathic listening, however, enters the frame of reference of the other person. See things through that framework, see the world as that person sees it, understand its paradigm, understand what it feels.

The essence of empathic listening does not consist in agreeing; it consists in understanding deeply and completely the other person, both emotionally and intellectually.

Empathic listening is so powerful because it provides us with accurate data. Instead of projecting our own autobiography and assuming certain thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretations, we address the reality that is inside the head and heart of the other person. We listen to understand. We focus on receiving deep communications from another human soul.

In addition, empathic listening is the key to making deposits in emotional bank accounts, because nothing you do will represent a deposit unless the other person perceives it as such.

One can desperately strive to make a deposit, and see that it becomes a withdrawal when the other perceives such efforts as manipulative, intimidating, interested or arrogant, because we do not understand what really mattered to him.

The skills necessary for empathic listening are related to assertiveness, we differentiate four stages of development.

The first and least effective is to imitate the content. That is the skill that teaches "active" or "reflex" listening. Without a basis of character and relationship, it often aggravates people and leads them to lock themselves up. However, it is a first stage skill because at least it leads to listening to what is said. The second stage of empathic listening consists in paraphrasing the content. It is a bit more effective, but is still limited to verbal communication. The third stage involves the right brain. It reflects feelings.

The fourth stage includes the second and third. Paraphrase the content and reflect the feeling.

Knowing how to be understood is the other half of the fifth habit, equally essential for making cash transactions. Seeking to understand requires consideration; Seeking to be understood demands courage. For the transaction you need a high degree of one and another. So in interdependent situations it is important to be understood.

EMPATHIC UNDERSTANDING
I understand the needs of others and to that extent I try to meet them.
REAGENT (LIABILITIES)	INTERACTIVE (ASSERTIVE)	PROACTIVE (AGGRESSIVE)
I am so. I can not do anything. It drives me crazy. They will not allow it. I have to do that. I must	I am a us. Let's join forces. I control my feelings. Let's be effective I want, I can and I must. I prefer	I am the maximum. I can do everything. It makes me obsessive. I will convince them. I'm able. May l

INTEGRE THE FOUR PARTS

Where water, earth and air meet, is where creative work is done. Abracadabra says the Magician.

The transfer of assets is part of the great creative process. By sharing their skills, effective people give soul to their projects. At first the communication is respectful, caring and predictable. But when you start talking about the various alternatives, possibilities and opportunities that lie ahead, people acquire an authentic and open attitude; Just think out loud.

The valuation of differences (gender, race, religion) is the essence of synergy. And the key to assessing these differences is to understand that all people see the world not as it is, but as they are themselves. That assessment makes us inclusive.

Synergy means that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. It means that the relationship of the parts to each other is a part in and of itself. And not only a part, but the most catalytic, the one that generates the most power, the most unifying and the most stimulating.

Synesthesia, on the other hand, is the joint assimilation or interference of various types of sensations of different senses in the same perceptual act. A synesthetic can, for example, hear colors, see sounds, and perceive taste sensations when touching an object with a certain texture.

SYSTEMS	SENSES	INTELLIGENCES	FORCES
Digestive Endocrine Circulatory Respiratory Nervous	Hearing Touch Vision Taste Smell	Active Harmonic Cognitive Idealistic Practice	Word Wish Mind Ideal Will

The highest forms of synergy focus on the four unique human gifts, on the motivation of the winner, on the aptitudes for empirical communication in the most challenging challenges. It's cruel that we face in life. The result is almost miraculous. We created new alternatives, something that was not there before.

Synergy is the essence of transformative leadership. It is the essence of transformative fatherhood. Catalyzes, unifies and releases the greatest energies inside the person. All the habits we have examined prepare us to create the miracle of synergy.

But when introducing synergy we use the motive of the fourth habit, the aptitude of the fifth habit and the interaction of the sixth habit to act directly on the restrictive forces. We create an atmosphere in which it is safe to talk about those forces. We freeze them, untie them and generate new understandings that really turn those restrictive forces into driving forces. We make people get into the problem, which tends to become important parts of the solution. As a result, new goals are created, shared goals

KEEP IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

Be transformed by the renewal of your mind . Saint Paul

The seventh habit is the capacity for personal production. It means preserving and enhancing the greatest good we possess: personality. It means renewing the four components of personality: physical, emotional, mental and social.

Although with different words, most life philosophies implicitly or explicitly deal with these four components. The philosopher Herb Shepherd describes a healthy balanced life around four values: perspective (spiritual), autonomy (mental), connection (emotional) and tone (physical). Guru George Shee-han refers to four roles: being a good animal (physical), a good craftsman (mental), a good friend (social) and a saint (spiritual). The serious theory of motivation and organizations encompasses these four dimensions of motivation: (physical) economics; the way people are treated (social); the way in which people are developed and used (mental); and the service, the job, the contribution of the (spiritual) organization.

The physical dimension involves taking care of our physical body effectively: eating the right kind of food, getting enough rest and exercising regularly. A good exercise program can be carried out at home, and allows three areas of body maintenance to be addressed: strength, endurance and flexibility.

The social / emotional dimension focuses on the fourth, fifth and sixth habits - focused on the principles of interpersonal leadership, empathic communication and creative cooperation.

The social and emotional dimensions are linked to each other because our emotional life develops (primarily but not exclusively mind) from our relationships with others, and manifests itself in them.

The mental dimension is renewed with analysis readings. Keeping a diary with our thoughts, experiences, understandings and learning promotes mental clarity, accuracy and context. Organizing and planning are other forms of mental renewal associated with second and third habits. This is to start with an end in mind and be mentally able to organize and achieve that end. It is to exercise the power of visualization and imagination to perceive the end from the beginning, and see the entire trip, if not step by step, at least in general.

The renewal of the spiritual dimension provides leadership to our own life. It is highly related to the second habit. In our daily spiritual renewal, we can visualize and live the events of the day in harmony with our beliefs and values.

IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Weaknesses become opportunities for improvement.
PHYSICAL	EMOTIONAL	MENTAL	SPIRITUAL
Height Weight Sexuality Addictions Abundance	Romanticism Dysfunction Depression Fear Pain	Self-confidence Learning Cooperation Communication Creativity	Racism Ostracism Treason Alienation Distrust

AUTHOR'S NOTES

This article was based on the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey and their principles were based on those of financial effectiveness, as well as technological synergy.