Assignment no: 03 BSSE 03 A

Choose any business leader / manager of your own interest.

According to famous author Stephen R Covey there are “Seven habits of highly effective people”.
Choose only first three habits from Stephen R Covey which are as follows.

1. Habit 1: Be Proactive
2. Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind
3. Habit 3: Put First Things First

Critically analyze how your chosen leader that how he demonstrate these three habits while doing
their businesses.

You can find further detail about the Stephen R Covey 07 habits on the following link

https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits/

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is a self-improvement book.
It is written on Covey's belief that the way we see the world is entirely based on our own
perceptions. In order to change a given situation, we must change ourselves, and in order to
change ourselves, we must be able to change our perceptions. It consists of 7 well defined habits
which highly affect the person’s life. Each habit is connected with each other one by one. You
can only follow the habits from first one, then next and so on.
There 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey are given below: -
1. Be Proactive
2. Begin with the End in Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win-Win
5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
 6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw

The Great Allama Iqbal

Iqbal is also known as Allama Iqbal and has also written, “Saare jahan se acha”. Iqbal was a
poet-philosopher whose work promoted the philosophy of self-hood and dealt with the
intellectual and cultural reconstruction of the Islamic world. He was born on November 9, 1877
in Sialkot Punjab. Allama Iqbal was a poet-philosopher whose work promoted the philosophy of
self-hood and dealt with the intellectual and cultural reconstruction of the Islamic world.
Iqbal also took keen interest and part in the politics of his time and is revered as the “Spiritual
Father of Pakistan.” One of the Government of Pakistan’s statutory body’s is the “Iqbal
Academy Pakistan” which offers courses in “Iqbal studies” to promote the understanding of his
works and ideas. 
In 1930, Iqbal delivered a Presidential Address to the 25th Session of the All-India Muslim
League in Allahabad where he expressed his thoughts on Islam and nationalism, unity of the
Indian nation and one on the problem of defense. “The principle that each group is entitled to its
free development on its own lines is not inspired by any feeling of narrow communalism.
He said,
“Iqbal is considered to have given the vision for the creation of Pakistan, whereas Jinnah is
considered to be the one who shaped this vision. “
In 1937, Iqbal wrote two letters to Muhammad Ali Jinnah. In the first one dated May 28, 1937,
he wrote, “After a long and careful study of Islamic Law, I have come to the conclusion that if
this system of Law is properly understood and applied, at last, the right to subsistence is secured
to everybody. But the enforcement and development of the Shariat of Islam is impossible in this
country without a free Muslim state or states. This has been my honest conviction for many years
and I still believe this to be the only way to solve the problem of bread for Muslims as well as to
secure a peaceful India.”
In the second letter marked “Private and Confidential” dated June 21, 1937, Iqbal wrote, “Why
should not the Muslims of North-West India and Bengal be considered as nations entitled to self-
determination just as other nations in India and outside India are? Personally, I think that the
Muslims of North-West India and Bengal ought at present to ignore Muslim[-minority]
provinces. This is the best course to adopt in the interests of both Muslim majority and minority
provinces.”

1. Habit 1: Be Proactive:

Iqbal presents a long list of qualities and approaches that are required of God’s vicegerent in this
world, which from the educational perspective, can be summarized as follows: Proactively
pursues knowledge and demonstrates youthful imagination and creativity to enquire into natural
laws and constructively use these laws for the benefit of the world; displays high appetite for
knowledge and creation, which motivates others to follow suit; receives power through the
gained knowledge. A Muslim’s end desire is to establish the Creator’s kingdom on earth and
spend every moment and effort for God alone.

Iqbal describes a human self as very creative and proactive entity, which is self-contained and
programmed for self-development. This calls for an education system that is not interfering
adversely with this urge for self-development or self-growth. In other words, the educational
system should be facilitating rather than instructive; it should be flexible rather than over
structured. The educational Vol. 4 No. 2 (Dec 2017) 342 Ali & Hussein process should be
primarily focusing on development of the Creators vicegerents, rather than giving this aspect a
secondary importance. It should be religious to the foundations, rather than being secular or
dualistic. Another foundational feature of this creative human being, which Iqbal emphasizes, is
that it is not perfect and requires divine guidance of Qur’an and Sunnah.
Proactive characteristics of Allama Iqbal:
- Act, don’t be acted upon
- work on things within your circle of influence
- don’t think deterministically
- responsibility = response-ability - we can choose how to respond to a situation
- control your feelings proactively instead of letting them control you
- work on what you are, not on what you have
- if you made a mistake, admit it and correct it

2. Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind:

Begin with the End in Mind means to begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your
desired direction and destination, and then continue by flexing your proactive muscles to make
things happen.

Allama Iqbal was a prodigy. In 1885, he stood first in grade one in Scotch Mission School,
Sialkot, and began to be tutored in Persian and Arabic in a mosque. He was in class nine when as
a teenager he started writing his juvenile poetry in Urdu. He passed matriculation in first
division, winning a medal with scholarship. In his first year at Scotch Mission College, he started
versifying under the pen-name of Iqbal and was published in literary journals.

He passed his BA exam in first division and won medals in Arabic and English. Three years
later, though he passed his MA Philosophy in third division, he was the only one who passed and
received the gold medal. He was appointed professor of Philosophy at the Government College,
Lahore, chosen by Professor Thomas Arnold – the British orientalist who wrote a book proving
that Islam was spread in the subcontinent not by the sword but by humanist preaching – who
became his patron.

Iqbal was additionally appointed as the Macleod Arabic Reader at Oriental College, Lahore, on a
monthly salary of 72 rupees and one anna. Later, he took time off from Oriental College to teach
English at the Government College. His poems had started showing influence from Spinoza,
Hegel, Goethe, Ghalib, Bedil, Emerson, Longfellow and Wordsworth.

Begin with the End in Mind characteristics of Allama Iqbal:

_ identify the different roles you have in life and define short-term and long-term
_ _ goals for each of those roles
_ create a personal mission statement defining your most important principles
_ think not only of producing, but also of your long-term production capability
_ visualize what you want to achieve

3. Habit 3: Put First Things First:

Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It
is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces
surrounding you.
Taken from his poem Parinday Ki Faryad, the verse describes the agony and heartbreak of losing
freedom with unmatched brevity. The poem relates how a bird in captivity yearns for its days of
freedom. At the time this work was penned down, Iqbal was clearly trying to make Muslims of
the sub-continent realise the importance of freedom and that no amount of luxuries in captivity
could replace life in a free country. The message is as important today as it was back then, as
most Pakistanis have forgotten the luxury that is a free country. We Pakistanis take our freedom
for granted, as is reflected in the way we lay waste to both our natural landscape and manmade
infrastructure. So it’s time we give this beautiful poem a read and be thankful for the beautiful
country that we are blessed with.
Almost every human being on earth feels proud of his or her country, but how many people in
this world make their countries proud? That’s exactly what this verse from Iqbal’s famous verse
from Bachay Ki Dua aspires young minds to be. A child prays to become to his country what a
flower is to a garden. Almost every Pakistani school-going child has recited the verses countless
times, yet the true message in the prayer has been failed to find its way in our ways. John F
Kennedy once famously said, “ask what you can do for your country”. Iqbal’s verses urged his
people to do exactly the same decades ago. It’s time to listen.
This is one of the most important lesson Pakistani’s of present day and age need to learn. In
today’s Pakistan, lawlessness, flashiness and materialism have become commonplace and many
of those having sufficient means to live life luxuriously have started considering the less
fortunate children of a lesser God. Every individual in this world has a special place in the
scheme of things and each is unique due to his or her individual characteristics. This verse from
Pahar Aur Gulehri explains exactly that; urging readers to respect others for whoever they are:
big or small, strong or weak and poor or rich.
Iqbal always called on the youth to aspire for greatness, always comparing them to a fearless,
soaring eagle that knows no bounds. This famous verse from his Iqbal’s ghazal Sitaron Se Agay
has inspired generations of young people and continues to do so still. Iqbal urges the youth to
aspire for bigger and unseen possibilities. By telling them that they have more skies ahead of
them, he demands the youth to break new ground, become trailblazers and see beyond the
obvious to tread where no one has ever done before. And that is exactly what our youth need to
do in order to break this mould of monotony Pakistan has trapped itself in.

For a true reformation of this country, we need our youth to reform themselves. And there is no
easier way of doing it than by rediscovering the self through Iqbal’s awe-inspiring work.
Put First Things First Characteristics of Allama Iqbal:
_ do the important, not the urgent, in order to keep the important from getting
urgent
_ use the Eisenhower Matrix with four quadrants to identify what is important and
_ urgent to you
_ say “no” to things that are unimportant according to your mission statement
_ plan weekly and daily to make sure you do the right things
_ invest in training people to be able to delegate to them