7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Habit #5: Seek First To Understand, Then to Be Understood

In this episode, Ron and Erin discuss the key principles found in the chapter related to the 5th habit, "Seek First To Understand, Then to Be Understood".  This chapter is fundamentally about one of the most important leadership principals, being other-centered. Seeking first to understand means committing to learn about and understand another person, instead of jumping to your own conclusions. 

The Ted Talk mentioned by Ron on Effective Conversation by Celeste Headlee can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1vskiVDwl4

You can find the book wherever you buy your favorite books, but we recommend you get a copy of the 30th Anniversary edition, which includes fresh insights from Sean Covey.