Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

To begin with the end in mind means to approach my role as a parent, as well as my other roles in life, with my values and directions clear. It means to be responsible for my own first creation, to rescript myself so that the paradigms from which my behavior and attitude flow are congruent with my deepest values and in harmony with correct

If I am emotionally interdependent, I derive a great sense of worth within myself, but I also recognize the need for love, for giving, and for receiving love from others. If I am intellectually interdependent, I realize that I need the best thinking of other people to join with my own.

For our purposes, we will define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

the most positive way I can influence my situation is to work on myself, on my being.

The power to make and keep commitments to ourselves is the essence of developing the basic habits of effectiveness.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ARISTOTLE

The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about, and what you value.