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Read ArticleHabit 7: Sharpen the Saw®
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw is about taking time for self-renewal. It makes all of the other Habits possible. When you sharpen the saw, you preserve and enhance the greatest asset you have - yourself.
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Read ArticleHabit 6: Synergize®
Habit 6: Synergize is the highest activity in all life - the true test and manifestation of all the other habits combined. Synergy catalyzes, unifies, and unleashes the greatest powers within people.
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Read ArticleHabit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood®
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood involves a deep shift in paradigm. We typically seek first to be understood. Instead, most people listen to reply.
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Read ArticleHabit 4: Think Win-Win®
Habit 4: Think Win-Win is a frame of mind and heart that constantly seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions. It's not your way or my way, it's a better way, a higher way.
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Read ArticleHabit 3: Put First Things First®
Habit 3: Put First Things First is the exercise of independent will toward becoming principle-centered. Habit 3 is the practical fulfillment of Habits 1 and 2.
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Read ArticleHabit 2: Begin With the End in Mind®
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination and where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
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Read ArticleHabit 1: Be Proactive®
Habit 1: Be Proactive means more than taking initiative. It means we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
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Read ArticleMake High-Value Decisions
Do you dedicate your time to the activities that will yield the most impactful results on the organization and your team’s mission?
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Read ArticleCelebrate Wins
Do you spend as much time celebrating the achievement of goals as you do setting them?
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Read ArticleShow Loyalty
When was the last time you gossiped or disparaged someone behind their back?
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Read ArticleTalk Straight
When was the last time you technically told the truth, but left a misleading impression?
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Read ArticleLead Difficult Conversations
Have you avoided a difficult conversation and inadvertently caused the situation to worsen?
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Read ArticleCheck Your Paradigms
Our paradigms are perhaps the most powerful tools we have in how we interact with others.
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Read ArticleListen First
Listening often requires a generous gift of time and attention to forget about your own needs and focus intently on someone else’s.
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Read ArticleListen to Understand
Are you listening to understand? Listen to the other person to fully understand their point of view. Step our of your story and into learner mode to enhance your understanding.
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Read ArticleReinforce What's Important
Positive feedback is an important way to reinforce great work and build a culture where people feel respected and appreciated. Whereas Instructive feedback is essential for helping improve performance
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Read ArticleBuild Other Leaders
How do you build other leaders? Use this coaching framework to help team members address performance issues, solve problems, and develop career opportunities.
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Read ArticleBuild Your Capabilities
Capable people and organizations inspire confidence. Capability is your capacity to achieve results and includes your talents, attitudes, skills, knowledge, and style.
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Read ArticleImprove Your Intent
Intent is your fundamental motive or agenda and the behavior that follows. It can be broken down and examined in these categories.
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Read ArticleIncrease Your Integrity
Integrity is deep honesty and truthfulness. It is who you really are. To have high integrity, you need to have congruence, humility, and courage.
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