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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood * The Principles established in Stephen R. Covey’s book are supposed to help a person achieve true interdependent effectiveness. Covey argues this is achieved by aligning oneself to what he calls true north—principles of a character ethic that, unlike values, he believes to be universal and timeless. The book presents the principles in four sections. Paradigms and Principles. Here, Covey introduces the basic foundation for the creation of the habits. Private Victory. Here, Covey introduces the first three habits intended to take a person from dependence to independence, or ones ability to be self-reliant. You must be able to win your private victories before you can start on your public victories. If you start to win your public victories first, how can you feel good about yourself and still work on habits... Public Victory. Here, Covey introduces habits four through six which are intended to lead to interdependence, the ability to align ones needs and desires with those of other people and create effective relationships. Renewal. Here, Covey introduces the final habit which directs the reader to begin a process of self-improvement. Submitted by Alison Begley, University of Cincinnati Principles of Personal Vision The word proactive means that we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. The do not blame circumstances, conditions, or social conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling. Proactive people are still influenced by external stimuli but their response, conscious or unconscious, is a value based choice or res