Part Two - Private Victory - Habit One Flashcards

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We can examine our paradigms to determine if they are…

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A) Reality/Principle based
B) Functions of conditions or conditioning
(the Social Mirror/Determinism)

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Habit one

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Be Proactive

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2
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Three types of Socially Determined Paradigms

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1) Genetic
2) Psychic
3) Environmental

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3
Q

Excuses of Genetic Determinism

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1) it’s in my DNA
2) it’s just how are people are

Historical

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Excuses of Psychic Determinism

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1) my parents did this to me
2) it’s how I was raised

Childhood

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Excuses of Environmental Determinism

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1) it’s my spouse’s fault
2) my kids bring it out in me
3) my boss drives me crazy
Now

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Q

Liberty…

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More options to choose from in your environment.

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7
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Freedom…

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More internal power to choose response and exercise options.

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8
Q

Between stimulus and response their exists the…

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Freedom to choose

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9
Q

If you can’t control your response…

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You can’t change your programming

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Four endowments within the freedom to choose

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1) self-awareness
2) imagination
3) conscious
4) independent will

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11
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Behavior is a function of…

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Decisions not conditions

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12
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Proactivity is the ability to subordinate feelings to…

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Values/Principles

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13
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Reactive behavior is

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Behavior based on feelings and conditions

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14
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The essence of proactivity is…

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The ability to subordinate impulses to principles

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15
Q

I am what I am today because…

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Of the decisions I made yesterday

16
Q

The crucibles that from our character and our internal strength are…

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Our most difficult experiences

17
Q

Obstacles are overcome by…

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R&I

Resourcefulness and Initiative

18
Q

List the three types of problems

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1) direct (your behavior)
2) indirect (other’s behavior)
3) no control (situational reality)

19
Q

How do you solve direct problems?

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The first three habits of private victory

20
Q

How do you solve indirect problems?

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Habits 4, 5 & 6. The habits of public victory.

21
Q

How do you solve no control problems?

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We don’t. We peacefully accept them and learn to live with them so that we don’t empower them to control us.

22
Q

“If I had” is a ________ statement

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Reactive

It’s outside-in

23
Q

“I can be” is a _______ statement

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Proactive

It’s inside-out

24
Q

Consequences are governed by…

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Natural Law

25
Q

We can choose our actions but…

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We cannot choose the consequences

26
Q

Our basic character is a fixed result of…

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The natural consequences of our decisions.

27
Q

The proactive approach to a mistake is…

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1) acknowledge it instantly
2) correct it
3) learn from it

28
Q

It is not what others do or our own mistakes that hurt us the most…

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It’s our RESPONSE to those things

29
Q

By keeping promise to ourselves and others…

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Our honor becomes greater than our moods

30
Q

Look at the weakness in others with…

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Compassion not accusation

31
Q

The habit of proactivity is the habit of…

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Response