Habit 1: Be Proactive

"The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove."

Knowing your circle of influence vs circle of concern. The latter is not within our control and the best one can do is to work on the former.. We are free to choose our response in any situatoin, but in doing so, we choose the attendant consequences. "When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other."

Practical steps:

• Make small commitments and keept them
• Be a light, not a judge
• Be a model, not a critic
• Be part of the solution, not part of the problem