The 7 Habits (June 5th 2021)

 Which of the 7 habits has the most meaning for you?

Out of the 7 habits, the habit that has the most meaning for me is habit 1 - Be Proactive. This habit is why man is King over all living creatures on the planet. Other living forms on earth are controlled by instinct and the genetic code. Man is ruled or controlled by choice. Other living forms react to signals in their environment. Man can react if he choose to, but also has the ability to respond. The difference between the two is how we act. To react means to act without thinking. Response means to act after putting some measure of thought before acting. I love the fact that we can choose our own response to any signal or information we receive. Being proactive means to actively choose what our response will be in any situation rather than to react blindly. Proactive people are highly responsible.

It is not what happens to us that is important. What is important is our response to whatever happens. That's what makes all the difference. To be proactive means to control a situation from the inside out. It means to stop focusing on the immediate circumstances and instead consider your response to the condition that exist. To be proactive means you have no direct control over the consequence of your actions. You indirectly choose the consequence by the action you choose.   

Why will the 7 habits help you fill your life with passion and purpose as you seek to achieve both a private and public victory?

The 7 habits will help fill my life with passion and purpose because they are based on principles and natural laws that have been responsible for personal effectiveness and success in the primitive years. They are practiced then and modern day research has proved them relevant now for personal effectivness and success. The 7 habits embody many of the fundamental principles of human effectiveness. They represent the internalization of correct principles upon which enduring happiness and success are based. The 7 habits are based on charactic ethics. Character ethics like integrity, humility, fidelity, justice, patience and the Golden rule. When we master habit 1,2, and 3, we are promised we would experience private victory. This means we trust ourself for being prepared and in control of our private lives. When we master habits 4,5, and 6, we can then experience public victory. Our public victory means we meet the world - our friends, our partners, our customers and family, with the intent to help. We have learned to listen to them and help them win with us.