The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Only basic goodness gives life to technique.

We can only achieve quantum improvements in our lives as we quit hacking at the leaves of attitude and behavior and get to work on the root, the paradigms from which our attitudes and behaviors flow.

Habits are the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.

We each begin life as an infant, totally dependent on others...until eventually we can essentially take care of ourselves.

In an attempt to compensate for my deficiency, I borrowed strength from my position and authority.

The way we see the problem is the problem.

Effectiveness lies in the balance -- what I call the P/PC Balance.

You can buy a person's hand, but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is. You can buy his back, but you can't buy his brain.

Between what happened to him, or the stimulus, and his response to it, was his freedom or power to choose that response.

Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether it rains or shines makes no difference to them.