The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with all of their might.

When all you want is a person's body and you don't really want their mind, heart or spirit, you have reduced a person to a thing.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground

what is most personal ,is most general.

This power of choice means that we are not merely a product of our past or of our genes; we are not a product of how other people treat us. They unquestionably influence us, but they do not determine us. We are self-determining through our choices. If we have given away our present to the past, do we need to give away our future also?

No matter how long we’ve walked life’s pathway to mediocrity, we can always choose to switch paths. Always. It’s never too late. We can find our voice.

Abraham Lincoln: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Think about it. People are put on the P&L statement as an expense; equipment is put on the balance sheet as an investment.