Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

And that is the quote of the day.

Welcome back to the quote of the day show.

I'm your host Sean Crox and the Sean Croxon.com.

Thank you so much for tuning in.

We've got Stephen Covey on the show today.

Of course, he is the author of the book, The Seven Habits of highly effective people,

which is a book that so many people have told me is their favorite book in the personal development space.

And they've recommended this book to me over and over and over again.

And I've had it for maybe 10 years.

And I still haven't read the book.

I don't know why I haven't read this book.

No idea.

But the cool part is that in this clip, Stephen gives us an overview like the Cliff's notes version of his Seven Habits here, Stephen.

I'm going to attempt to give a brief overview of each of the habits.

It's like getting a kind of airplane view of a whole mountain range before we go down to explore the detail.

Habit one, be proactive.

Basically means that your life is a product of your values, not your feelings.

That your life or the organization's life is a product of your decisions, not your conditions.

The opposite of being proactive is to be reactive, which basically means that your life is a function of your feelings, your moods, your impulses, other people's treatment.

The underlying principle of habit one, be proactive is to take responsibility.

The concept is you and I have the capacity to choose our response.

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