Habit Concerning the intersection of knowledge, skills and desires

Habits of Success

• To feel inner relief and comfort within yourself
• To have balanced social relationships with the people around you
• Untuk memiliki prestasi yang luar biasa

1. Be Proactive

    The key: 'I am responsible for my behavior and the choices I make in life'

Proactive people are driven by carefully considered, selected and internalized values

Reactive people are driven by feelings, circumstances, conditions, environment

2. Begin with the end mind

    The key: 'I will create the results carefully before starting'

Effective Programmers usually have very interesting goals in mind about their future selves

• Imagine yourself in the future and the things you want to have in your life
• Set clear goals where you're headed
• Make them measurable and break them down into quarterly, monthly, and weekly goals
• Conduct weekly reviews. Identify what works and what needs to be improved
• Warning : Don't think too much!

3. Put first things first

    The key: 'I will focus on importance rather than urgency'

Covey makes it clear that most of us spend too much time on urgent things and not enough time on important things

He further explained, the key is not to prioritize what is on your schedule but to schedule your priorities

4. Thing win-win

     if you want to be an effective developer,

• You need to differentiate yourself from what most people do, in every situation, you have to try to achieve the best alternative for the whole team.
• Think of solutions that will ultimately lead to better long-term resolutions
• Cancel as many arguments as you can and focus on the long-term benefits

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood

• communication

Communication is one of the most important skills we must have. We spend most of our time communicating.

• Listen empathetically

We need to use empathetic listening and genuinely understand our colleagues, empathy can be a super power software developer.

• Responses

Be the one who helps them consistently, whether it's with work tasks or soft skills. Teaching helps your learning.

6. synergize

    Everyone has the freedom to contribute, collaborate, and engage in everything they want.

More synergistic, by respecting the freedom of each teammate and helping them feel very comfortable, expressing different points of view or views without fear of embarrassment.

7. Sharpen the saw

    Covey suggests aiming for one hour per day or focusing on honing skills.

We must remind ourselves that honing our skills symbolizes running a marathon, not a sprint. As Abraham Lincoln said, 'Give me six hours to cut down a tree and I'll spend the first four hours sharpening an axe'.

Thus, the 7 habits from the above can accelerate and improve our soft skills in a company. If this information is useful, don't forget to stay tuned us to get updates on information about other technologies.