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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 ArticleHold Regular 1-on-1s
What’s preventing you from holding 1-on-1s with each of your team members?
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Read ArticleProtect Your Team Against Urgencies
How will you find the courage to keep your team focused on what is most important, including saying no to some of your own best ideas?
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Read ArticleCoach Continuously
Do you see every interaction with team members as an opportunity to build confidence and develop potential?
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Read ArticleRight Wrongs
When you break a promise, is your first instinct to defend yourself, rationalize, minimize, or ignore it altogether?
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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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