Derate The Hate Episode 14: Win Win and Understand Before Understood, Habits 4 & 5
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Welcome back my friends for episode 14 of the Derate the Hate podcast which is actually part 3 of a mini-series I am doing on Dr. Stephen Covey's, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". In part three, I go in to habits 4 & 5 which are "think win, win" and "seek first to understand, then to be understood".
Habits 4 & 5 go very much hand and hand, and a perfect example of a complete failure of these 2 habits is the current political climate. A win, win mentality, Habit 4, is the concept that 2 parties in a negotiation look for some type of common ground in which both parties come out the winner or a 3rd option known as "win, win or no deal" is the result. Dr. Covey does a much better job of giving an in-depth explanation of the concept, or habit of win, win, but it is essential in successful negotiations if both parties are to come out of a negotiation feeling satisfied and accomplished.
Habit 5, "seek first to understand, then to be understood" goes very much hand in hand, and is essential in accomplishing the win, win in a negotiation. Imagine going in to each negotiation and saying to the other party, "let's see if we can come to a win,win result in our negotiations, does that sound ok with you?", (they would likely say yes), then you'd say, "I would like you to start, and I want to be totally clear on your position before I begin, would that be OK?". Can you imagine how much differently the negotiations may go?
I've said if before and I'll say it again, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" is a life changing book and a must read for everyone who wants to better their life. Next week we will continue and conclude our mini-series when I discuss habits 6 & 7.
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