Supplemental: 7 Habits Infographic

7 Habits of Highly Effective People at a glance: Manage Yourself (Independence): 1. Be Proactive: Rather than being reactive to what the world imposes on you, choose to act and move things forward in ways that YOU choose; 2. Begin with the End in Mind: Decide what you want to be - in the eternities as well as in this life. Then "reverse engineer" your way toward those goals; 3. Put First Things First: Don't spend all of your time reacting to what the world deems "urgent". Plan and make time for what YOU determine is truly important.

Lead Others (Interdependence) 4. Think Win-Win: If you only watch out for yourself, others may suffer - they won't be there to help you later on. Create mutually beneficial relationships and build trust; 5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood: Actively Listen. Put yourself in other's shoes instead of just focusing on your own opinions; 6. Synergize: Combine the strengths of each team member to create a solution that is better than what any one person could have created alone.

Renew, Refuel, Improve: 7. Sharpen the Saw: Constantly improve your abilities. Safeguard against "burn-out" by taking time out to renew yourself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. in the 7-habits "culture" you will often see the habits displayed in a diagram like the one shown here: a circle with arrows indicating a cycle and the text habit 7 sharpen the saw on the outside; inside the circle there are two trianles pointing at each other to make an hourglass shape. The top is labeled Interdependence and Public victory and includes habit 4,5, and 6. The bottom triangle is labeled Dependence and Private Victory and includes habits 1,2, and 3. A line in the middle of the circle connects the two triangles and in labeled independence.

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