From Dependence to Interdependence
Our character is a composit of our habits. Changing habits is hard, but can be done by tremendous commitment.
A (good) habit coan be defined as the intersction of knowledge, skill and desire. Change is a cycle of being and seeing (visualization).
Our objective is to move progressively on a maturity continuam from dependence to independence to interdependence. Although independence is the current paradigm of our society, we can accomplish much more by cooperation and specialization. However, we must achieve independence before we can choose interdependence.
Habits 1, 2, and 3 (Be Proactive, Begin With The End In Mind, Put First Things First) deal with self-mastery. They are the “private victories” required for character gorwth. Private victories preceed public victories.
Habits 4, 5, and 6 are the more personality-oriented “public victories” of Teamwork Cooperation and Communication.
Habit 7 is the habit of Renewal, creating an upward spiral of growth.
Effectiveness lies in balancing our Production (P) with building Production Capacity (PC).
Organizationally. the PC principle is to always treat your employees, as you want them to treat your best customers. We must understand that the best contributions of our employees- their hearts and minds- are as volenteers, because they want to.
This process of growth will be evolutionary, but the net effect will be revelutionary.