This document outlines seven habits for effectiveness: 1) Be proactive by focusing on what you can influence and choosing your responses. 2) Begin with the end in mind by defining practical outcomes and mental creation preceding physical creation. 3) Put first things first by focusing on important priorities and acting with integrity.

1. • See alternatives, not roadblocks
Habit 1
© • Focus on what you can influence
Be Proactive
• I am free to choose and am responsible for my
The Habit of choice choices
Habit 2
Manage © • Mental creation precedes physical creation
Begin with the End in Mind
Yourself • Define practical outcomes
The Habit of Vision
• Focus on the important, not just the urgent
Habit 3
© • Effectiveness requires the integrity to act on your
Put First Things First priorities
The Habit of Integrity and Execution
• Plan weekly, act daily
Habit 4 • Effective long-term relationships require mutual
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Think Win/Win respect and mutual benefit
The Habit of Mutual Benefit • Build trust with co-workers
Habit 5 • To communicate effectively, we must first
Lead Seek First to Understand, then to be understand each other
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Others Understood • Practice empathic listening
The Habit of Mutual Understanding • Give honest, accurate feedback
Habit 6
© • The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Synergize
• Synergize to arrive at new and better alternatives
The Habit of Creative Cooperation
Habit 7
Unleash © • To maintain and increase effectiveness, we must
Sharpen the Saw
Potential renew ourselves in body, heart, mind and soul
The Habit of Renewal