Paradigms and Principles
Private Victory
Public Victory
Sharpen the Saw
Habits Defined
100
This concept speaks about ones ability to produce and ones ability to have the capability, or capacity, to continually produce.
What is P/PC Balance; or Production and Production Capacity Balance
100
An individual who breaks unhealthy and harmful behaviors and replaces them with proactive and healthy behaviors. They model positive behavior and helps to build others in positive ways.
What is a Transition Person?
100
Dr. Covey describes the concept of building emotional capital through this analogy:
What is an Emotional Bank Account?
100
Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Social/ Emotional
What are the Four Dimensions of Sharpen the Saw?
100
This Habit can be described by this: "I am free to choose and I am responsible for my own choices"
What is Habit 1: Be Proactive
200
The Habit, "Sharpen the Saw" is based on this principle.
What is Continuous Learning
200
Habit 3 describes a quadrant which takes into consideration the importance and urgency in any given situation. Habit three encourages us to spend as much time as possible in this quadrant.
What is quadrant II?
200
Collaborative and synergistic individuals often think in terms of Win/ Win. Highly competitive People think in terms of Win Lose. However, individuals with low courage and high consideration think in this quadrant:
What is Lose-Win?
200
These things are required in order to continually sharpen or improve ourselves in the mental deimension.
What is continuing education, reading, developing a hobby and continual learning
200
This Habit describes listening with the intent to understand, rather than with the intent to reply.
What is Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood
300
This has been described as your "map" or the "lenses through which you see the world."
What is a Paradigm?
300
One of the best ways to begin with the end in mind and incorporate Habit 2 into your life is to develop this:
What is a personal mission statement?
300
Ignoring, Pretending, Selective Listening, Attentive Listening and Emphatic Listening
What are the Five Levels of Listening?
300
These four items, which are covered in the concept of the physical dimension, are required to preserve and enhance our abilities.
What is exercise, sleep, breaks and nutrition?
300
The Habit of Vision: Mental creation precedes physical creation.
What is Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
400
This principle avoids the four emotional cancers: criticizing, complaining, comparing and competing.
What is the Principle of Staying Positive
400
Reactive people focus on their circle of influence, but proactive people report on this:
What is the Circle of Influence?
400
Character, Relationships, Agreements, Systems and Processes
What are the 5 Dimensions of Win-Win
400
These are the results of successfully practicing Habit 7
What is Improved Capacity, Stronger Relationships, Greater Reserves/ Stamina, Continuous Improvement?
400
This habit describes people who have a frame of mind and hear that seek mutual benefit and mutual respect in all interactions. They have an Abundance mentality.
What is Habit 4, Think Win-Win
500
This principle represents ones ability to identify their various roles and spend appropriate amounts of time in all of the important roles in their life.
What is the Principle of Balance?
500
Habit 2 holds that all things are created twice. The first creation is mental, the second creation is this:
What is physical creation?
500
This is a results oriented, creative, win-win practice. It's filled with positive energy and trust, allowing ones self to explore and seek different perspectives openly enough to alter or complete ones paradigm.
What is Synergy?
500
The phrase, "You will work about 11,000 days: stay engaged, be empathetic and give back!" is used to describe this:
What is the Spiritual Dimension?
500
People who follow this habit organize and execute around their most important priorities. Whatever the circumstance, they live and are driven by the principles they value most.
What is is Habit 3, Put First Things First?