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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 ArticleDeliver Results
Are you and your team delivering activities instead of results? Are the results the right ones?
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Read ArticleEnsure Your Systems Support Your Mission
Effective leaders create systems that make it easier to achieve results. When was the last time you did a “systems check”?
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Read ArticleAlign Actions with the Wildly Important Goals
Are the efforts of your team members moving your goals forward? How can you make it easier for them to do so?
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Read ArticleMake It Safe to Tell the Truth
Are your people as forthcoming with bad news and negative feedback as they are with good news and positive feedback?
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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 ArticleBalance Courage and Consideration
Do your wins come at the expense of others? Or do you allow others to win at your expense?
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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 ArticleMake Time for Relationships
Do you practice the principle that, with people, slow is fast and fast is slow?
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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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