高效能人士的七个习惯 （英文版 完整版）

——摘要——
Habit 1: Be Proactive 凡事积极主动
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind 先定目标而后有行动
Habit 3: Put First Things First 重要的事要先做
Habit 4: Think Win-Win 为了大家都赢
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood 先理解别人，再让别人理解自己
Habit 6: Synergize 协同合作
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw 磨亮锯子（意指不断自我提高)

高效人士的七种习惯 [美] 斯蒂棼·科卫教授（Prof. Stephen Covey）

Our character is a composite of our habits. Changing habits is hard, but can be done by tremendous commitment. A (good) habit can be defined as the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire. Change is a cycle of being and seeing (visualization

Our objective is to move progressively on a maturity continuum from dependence tto independence to interdependence. Although independence is the current paradigm of our society, we can accomplish much more by cooperation and specialization. However, we

must achieve independence before we can choose interdependence.

　　我们的性格是我们的习惯的集合物。改变习惯是困难的，但只要下定特大的决心，习惯惯是可以改变的。一种（良好）习惯可以被定义为知识、技能和愿望的交汇点。改变即是存在和视觉的循环。

　　我们的目标是，从依赖到独立、再到互相依赖，在成熟连续流中循序渐进。虽然独立是是当前我们的社会模式，但是我们通过合作和专业化却可以取得更多的成绩。尽管如此，在能够选择相互依赖之前，我们必须取得独立。

Habit 1: Be Proactive 凡事积极主动

　　The first and most basic habit of a highly effective person in any environmeent is the habit of proactivity. Being proactive 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 thhe responsibility to make things happen.

　　Look [at] the word responsibility-response-ability-the ability to choose youur responses. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a

product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product off their conditions, based on feeling. The opposite of proactive is reactive. The spirit of reactive people is the transfer of responsibility. Their language absolves them of

responsibility. Proactive people focus their time and energy on their Circle of Influence (things they can control) in lieu of reacting to or worrying about conditions over which they have little or no control (Circle of Concern). In so doing,

proactive people use positive energy to influence conditions and increase their Circle of Influence.

　　在任何环境中做事效率很高的人都具有的首要以及基本的习惯是积极主动的习惯。积极极主动的含义是，我们作为人类，应该对我们自己的生命负责。我们的行为不是环境而是我们做出的决定的结果。我们可以使感觉服从价值。我们有创造的主动性和责任性。

　　看看responsibility（责任）这个词，它由response（反应）和ability（能力）两个创首 成，意思是选择做出反应?能力。非常积极主动的人认识到这种责任。他们不抱怨环?、条件或者环境对他们的驯?作用。他们的行?是他们自?基于价值而有意做出选择的一种产物，而不是基于感情的、他们的条件的产物。 积极主动的反义词是消极被动。消极被动者的精神是责任，他们的言行为自己开拓责任。
积极主动的人将自己的时间和精力集中在自己的\"势力范围\"（自己可以控制的事物）之内，，而不是对自己几乎不能或完全不能控制的条件（\"关注范围\"）做出被动的反应或担心。

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind 先定目标而后有行动

　　To begin with the end in mind means to begin each day with a clear understannding of your desired direction and destination. By keeping that end in mind you can make certain that whatever you do on any particular day does not violate the criteria

you have defined as supremely important, and that each day of your life contribuutes in a meaningful way to the vision you have of your life as a whole.

　　Begin with the end in mind is based on the principle that all things are creeated twice. There's a mental or first creation and a physical or second creation. The second, or physical creation, follows from the first, just as a building follows from

a blueprint. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances to shape our lives by default.

　　Leadership is the first creation. Management is the second creation. Managemment is a bottom line focus: How can I best accomplish certain