Which of the 7 habits has the most meaning for you?
Habit number one, or being proactive, has the most meaning for me. That habit gives me the power to choose my response to any situation. It allows me to subordinate impulses to my values. By doing so, that habit lets me nitpick the outcomes or consequences of my choices. This self-control aligns with my core values.
Why will the 7 habits help you fill your life with passion and purpose as you seek to achieve both a private and public victory?
They will help me because those habits align my life with my mission and ensure I keep working on what matters the most without neglecting my and others’ well-being.
Being proactive
Habit one allows me to choose my course of action independently from external factors.
Begin with the end in mind
Habit two helps me to set my destination and stay on track.
Put first things first
Habit three helps me focus on the most important and manage the less crucial but necessary things.
Think win/win
Habit four makes it possible for me and others to succeed and to face life more positively.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Habit five helps me to create meaningful relations and to broaden my perspective of things.
Synergize
Habit six helps me create a network of people with the same outlook on life and accelerates my progress toward my mission exponentially.
Sharpen the saw
Habit seven helps me to keep a balanced and healthy life to continue my way effectively.
The formula for Effectiveness:
Effectiveness equals the balance between Production (producing desired results) and Production Capacity (the appropriate use of the resources producing the desired results) focused in the right place (the right goal or mission).
The only way to make changes in our lives:
Changing paradigms (the way we see, perceive, and understand the world around us) is the only way to change our lives permanently. Paradigms govern the reality we build and, therefore, our attitude towards life.