The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
ARISTOTLE

80 percent of the results flow out of 20 percent of the activities

Effective management is putting first things first. While leadership decides what “first things” are

Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It’s our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to “walk our talk.” It’s honor with self, a fundamental part of the Character Ethic, the essence of proactive growth

Things which matter most

must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

GOETHE

Without involvement, there is no commitment

The imagination can be used to achieve the fleeting success that comes when a person is focused on material gain or on “what’s in it for me

the nature of the visualization is very important. If you visualize the wrong thing, you’ll produce the wrong thing

A good affirmation has five basic ingredients: it’s personal, it’s positive, it’s present tense, it’s visual, and it’s emotional. So I might write something like this: “It is deeply satisfying (emotional) that I (personal) respond (present tense) with wisdom, love, firmness, and self-control (positive) when my children misbehave.”