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foundation of success—things like integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty, and the Golden Rule.
The Character Ethic taught that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success
what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People embody many of the fundamental principles of human effectiveness.
what a paradigm is.
It is a theory, an explanation, or model of something else.
A paradigm is the way you “see,” interpret, or understand the world.
you could try harder, be more diligent, double your speed. But your efforts would only succeed in getting you to the wrong place faster.
work on your attitude—you could think more positively. You still wouldn’t get to the right place, but perhaps you wouldn’t
care. Your attitude would be so positive, you’d be happy ...
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powerfully conditioning affects our perceptions,
these paradigms are the source of our attitudes and behaviors.
Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.
The diagram on the preceding page is a visual representation of the sequence and the interdependence of the Seven Habits,
will be used throughout this book as we explore both the sequential relationship between the habits and also their synergy—how, in relating to each other,
The 7 Habits are habits of effectiveness. Because they are based on principles, they bring the maximum long-term beneficial results possible.
They become the basis of a person’s character, creating an empowering center of correct maps from which an individual can effectively solve problems, maximize opportunities,
They are also habits of effectiveness
they are based on a paradigm of effectiveness that is in harmony with a natural law, a principle
P
stands for production of desired results, the golden eggs.
PC stands for production capability, the ability or asset that prod...
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three kinds of assets: physical, financial, and human.
maintain the P/PC Balance,
the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call.
suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness. It balances short...
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I would recommend that you not “see” this material as a book, in the sense that it is something to read once and put on a shelf.
continual process of change and growth.
suggestions for application at the end of each habit so that you can study and focus on any particular habit as you are ready.
you can go back time and again to the principles contained in each habit and work to expand your knowledge, skill, and desire.
Take an inside-out approach, and read with the purpose in mind of sharing or discussing what you learn with someone else within 48 hours after you learn it.
Try it now as you read the final section in this chapter.
Read as though you are going to teach it to your spouse, your child, a business associate, or a friend today or tomorrow, while it is still fresh, and notice the difference in your mental and emotional process.
you will not only better remember what you read, but your perspective will be expanded, your understanding deepened, and your motivation to apply the material increased.
Those you teach will see you as a changing, growing person, and will be more inclined to be helpful and supportive as you work, perhaps together, to integrate the Seven Habits into your lives.
You will come to know yourself in a deeper, more meaningful way—your nature, your deepest values and your unique contribution capacity.
You will define yourself from within, rather than by people’s opinions or by comparisons to others. “Wrong” and “right” will have little to do with being found out.
The seventh habit, if deeply internalized, will renew the first six and will make you truly independent and capable of effective interdependence. Through it, you can charge your own batteries.
I assure you that you are not your habits.
You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of effectiveness, happiness...
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encourage you to open the gate of change and growth as you study these habits. B...
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Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no g...
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BE PROACTIVE
We call it “self-awareness”
the ability to think about your very thought process.
Self-awareness enables us to stand apart and examine even the way we “see” ourselves—our self-paradigm, the most fundamental paradigm of effectiveness.
It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.
Victor Frankl suggests that there are three central values in life—the
experiential, or that which happens to us;
the creative, or that which we bring i...
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