| HABIT | HABIT DESCRIPTION | FULL DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| ONE | BE PROACTIVE (Principles of Personal Vision) |
* You are the programmer, not the program * You are the product of your choice and your decisions, not your conditions or conditioning * Acting based on your values rather than re-acting based on emotion or circumstances |
| TWO | BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND (Principles of Personal Leadership) |
* You are the programmer, write the program * You are the architect of your life, draw up the blue print (your values, mission and goals) * All things are created twice --- first mentally, then physically * Avoid costly waste of time and effort on things that are not in harmony with your goals and missions in life |
| THREE | PUT FIRST THING FIRST (Principles of Personal Management) |
* Organize and conduct your life around your mission,
values and goals * Plan your time and energy to accomplish what really matters most to you * Think through each important role in your life * Select long-term and weekly goals to achieve success in each role |
| FOUR | THINK WIN/WIN (Principles of Interpersonal Leadership) |
* When your life is centered on your personal mission
and anchored to your values, your security will
come within * Win/Win thinking begins with a commitment to explore all options until a mutually satisfactory solution is reached or to make no deal at all |
| FIVE | SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, AND THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD (Principles of Communication) |
* The key to effective communication is to seek first
to understand the other person --- to step out of
your own autobiography and to deeply, authentically
understand another person's frame of reference before
attempt to share your own * Diagnose before you prescribe * Listen to understand rather than to reply * Find ways, based on the other person's frame of reference, to communicate your own ideas most effectively |
| SIX | SYNERGIZE (Principles of Creative Cooperation) |
* Synergy results from valuing differences, from
bringing different perspectives together in the spirit
of mutual respect * People then feel free to seek the best possible alternative, often a "third alternative" that is better than either of the original proposals |
| SEVEN | SHARPEN THE SAW (Principles of Renewal) |
* Cultivating this habit means having balanced, systematic
program for self-renewal in each of the basic
human dimensions --- physical, spiritual, mental and
social/emotional * We are the instrument of our own performance, and failure to maintain the instrument leads to lessened effectiveness in performance in every other area of life |
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