Motivation Drive

Introduction Mind is the most powerful tool and your Mindset is the most important component of your success in life. In a study by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, the mindset of young students was examined in which she found that children with a growth mindset who believed that intelligence can be developed were able to overcome academic challenges better than those with a fixed mindset that the intelligence of a person is predetermined. Stephen Covey mentioned about Scarcity Mindset and Abundance Mindset in his best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Scarcity mentality refers to people amongst whom, one person takes a big piece and leaves less for everyone else whereas, in abundance mindset, they believe that there is plenty out there for everybody. Steps to shift from Scarcity Mindset to an Abundance Mindset? 1.) Focus on what you have Ideas like you aren’t doing good job or you don’t have transferable skills, are all based on scarcity in which you focus more ...

Introduction Habit Seven of Stephen R Covey’s seven habits of highly effective people is “Sharpen the Saw”. According to Stephen R Covey, we must take a sufficient amount of time to refresh and rejuvenate the four dimensions of our nature. These four dimensions of our nature are physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional. We must regularly spend time and invest our resources to reap the dividends on a continual basis. Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Lincoln understood the importance of “Sharpen the Saw” and became president of the United States. We can call this habit “Self Care Habit” because this habit increases our awareness of ourselves. By taking 30-60 minutes out of our schedule to sharpen our metaphorical saw, we can achieve maximum productivity in the rest of the waking hours. This habit increases our competency which in turn increases our influence on the outer world. If anyone says...

Introduction Habit five of Stephen R Covey’s seven habits of highly effective people is “Seek first to understand, then to be understood”. This is our first step to achieve the result of the fourth habit “Think Win-Win” . Most often people used to think about their own benefit but there are very few people who think about other’s benefit. Even if the other person does not think about a Win-Win, we must seek to understand what the other person wants from the given situation. This attitude will help us to cooperatively deal with any situation or conflict. Covey stress upon understanding the root cause of any conflict and then taking action accordingly rather than looking for quick fixes. Let us delve deeper into the basics of this Habit. Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood There are four types of basic communication that humans use and these are: a) Reading, b) Speaking, c) Writing, and d) Listening. People spend multiple years building their reading, speaking, and ...

Introduction Habit 3 of Stephen R. Covey’s ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" is "Put First Things First". The first habit is to work proactively and accept responsibility for our own lives. The second habit was "Begin with the End in Mind" which was more about our direction i.e., where we are heading. Now we will explain “habit 3: put first things first” which is more about personal management. Our independent willpower guides us to take important decisions and once we take our own responsibility then our personal management becomes liberating. Our confidence increase as we observe that we are working on our own plan rather than acting upon someone else’s plan. Putting first things first is a method of choosing high-priority tasks first and smartly overlooking time-wasting unnecessary activities.  Managing Ourselves, Not Our Time Do you know what successful people do not like? Just like unsuccessful people, they also hate to work for long hours on their...

Introduction The Habit 1 of Stephen R. Covey’s ‘ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People " is "Be Proactive". The book of Stephen Covey was published in 1989 but all those habits suggested at that time are still very relevant for all of us. Times Magazine suggested it as one of "The 25 Most influential Business Management Books". Whether you are a business magnate, employee or a fresh pass out, this book is very important for you. People who follow 7 Habits of Highly Effective People are not reactive but they respond to every situation they face. They are also very proactive and invest their time and energy to learn new things. In this article, we will know more about "Habit 1: Be Proactive".  Watch this video to know more about secrets of success from Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Proactive people focus on their circle of influence rather than the circle of concern. Circle of influence deals with own attitude, education, problems and work efficiency but reac...

Introduction Stephen R. Covey’s book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" is a self-help book in which he suggests habits that we should develop for self-improvement. In the opinion of Stephen Covey, our perceptions decide the way we see the world. Therefore, if we want to change a given situation, we need to change ourselves. And to change ourselves, we need to change our perceptions. These 7 Habits help everyone including individuals who have achieved outward success but still struggle with an inner need to develop their personal effectiveness and growing healthy relationships with other people. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 1. Be Proactive: The first habit of the 7 habits of highly effective people is to be proactive. He opines that the inherent ability of humans to examine our character, choose our attitude towards our situations, and control over our effectiveness makes us different from animals. Proactive people recognize their responsibility. Stephen Covey de...

Socrates was a great philosopher of his time. Let us learn self-management from one of his life events. Socrates used to spend hours in philosophical discussions with his friends in the evening hours. During one such occasion, his wife, who was by nature quarrelsome, shouted at him in front of all his friends about her usual chores of the imagined problems. Socrates continued discussions with a cool head while his friends were a little taken over by anxiety. When Socrates observed that his fellow mates are getting disturbed due to the rash behavior of his wife, he suggested to them that they all better proceed to some park to continue the discussion. As soon as they came out of the house, all of a sudden there was a downpour of bulk quantity of water from the top right on the head and body of Socrates. Everyone was stunned to notice that it was Socrates's wife who went to the first floor to pour a bucket of water on his head as a display of her anger. No one could steal the cal...