Habits - Be proactive

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When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves – Viktor Frankl
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Habit 1 – Be Proactive
Habit 2 – Begin with the end in mind
Habit 3 - Put first things first
Habit 4 – Think Win –win
Habit 5 - Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Habit 6 – Synergize
Habit 7 – Sharpen the saw

Week one
Habit 1 – Be proactive
For the next seven weeks, you will focus on one habit per week
Each week you will be asked to do three simple activities
1. Plan weekly
2. Live the habit
3. Teach to learn
Make a personal commitment, select an accountability partner and sign up on the web
Go to www.the7habits.com/econtract
When asked for the access code, type in the following: 7X4953A

The habit of choice – knowledge, skills and desire forms our habits
The maturity continuum – dependent, independence and interdependence

Paradigm
- Ineffective : I am a product of my circumstances
- Effective : I am a product of my choices

SEE- DO- GET

- SEE a principle of “I am free to choose and am responsible for my choices

- DO – Behavior
+ Pause and respond based on principles
+ Use proactive language
+ Expand your circle of Influence
+ Become a transition person

- GET – RESULT
+ Increased influence
+ More self – awareness
+ Greater initiative
+ Become the creative force of your life

Pause and Respond based on Principles
- Reactive Behavior
Reactive people allow outside influences (moods, feelings, and circumstances) to control their response
- Proactive Behavior
Proactive people pause to allow themselves the freedom to choose their response based on principles and desired results. Their freedom to choose expand as they wisely use the space between stimulus and response

Stimulus --------Freedom to Choose ++++++ Response

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People are always blaming their circumstance for what they are, I don’t believe in circumstances
– George Bernard Shaw-