The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
ARISTOTLE

The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity

It is important to immediately admit and correct our mistakes so that they have no power over that next moment and we are empowered again.

mistakes.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions.

There are so many ways to work in the Circle of Influence—to be a better listener, to be a more loving marriage partner, to be a better student, to be a more cooperative and dedicated employee. Sometimes the most proactive thing we can do is to be happy, just to genuinely smile.

The Circle of Influence is filled with the be’s—I can be more patient, be wise, be loving. It’s the character focus.

The Circle of Concern is filled with the have’s

One way to determine which circle our concern is in is to distinguish between the have’s and the be’s.

Indirect control problems are solved by changing our methods of influence