The 7 habits of Highly Effective People
Habit 1: Be Proactive
"Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."
                                                                                 

"Stop waiting for things to happen. Go out and make them happen."

I do what I want when I want too. I do things for me. 

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

"Control your own destiny or someone else will."

Habit 3: Put First Things First

"Organize and execute around priorities."

Organize your thoughts and ideas. Put the most important things first in order to improve your life and see positive changes starting to occur. 

"Once you have a clear picture of your priorities that is values, goals, and high leverage activities organize around them."

Only in that way will you start seeing results that will slowly make you reach your goal. And in that moment, when you have reached your goal will you realize that it was necessary for you to put your priorities first. For example, the two marshmallow experiment. Little kids are put into a room with a marshmallow and are promised that if they wait for the adult to come back they will receive another marshmallow. Some kids put the thought of another marshmallow in their head that stops them from eating it. It's their priority to obtain another marshmallow. 

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

"Think win-win or no deal."

"You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win."

This quote is well related to basketball. In basketball, when I have games before every game i think to myself that we got this win. Starting off with a well set positive mind helps a lot. Because we want to win, even if we lose we win. We played a good game enough to make us feel as if we win. Although getting that W is important what is the most important thing is how we played. If we know we played good and did what we were supposed to improve on then who cares. We win because we win. 

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be understood

"Diagnose before you prescribe."

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

-Stephen R. Covey

Listening is when you actually pay attention to what a person is saying. You make that connection to the point where you try understanding what it is the person is saying or going through. 

Habit 6: Synergize

"'The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

1+1>2

Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation. It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems.  Put together, we are worth more. when two or more people or organizations combine their efforts, they can accomplish more together than if you added their accomplishments achieved separately.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Four dimension of self-renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/Emotional

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax."

The saw is a sort of representation of ourselves. In this case when it is mentioned "I will spend the first four sharpening the ax," it is saying to prepare ourselves. We must prepare ourselves physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, and emotionally. the most we can in order to do tasks. No matter how big the tasks are, we have to pay attention to ourselves and spend enough time to ourselves for our good.  

Reflection: 

I believe these 7 habits actually do make a person more effective. We must set our goals to know what way we wish to head. We must put our priorities straight to do what is more important first. Always have a positive mind set and win-win. Even when you don't win you win. Making sure you actually listen when a person is talking is important and finally, preparing ourselves for what actions we plan to do.