We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.

Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.

He who has a why can deal with any what or how.

Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.

What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.