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How to Transform Your Life and Your Company by Using the 8th Habit — Part #2
From Effectiveness to Greatness
The 7 Habits generate the 8th Habit: Find your voice; help others find theirs. Bring mind, body, heart and soul to work.
“Enduring trust in a relationship cannot be faked, and it is rarely produced by a dramatic, one-time effort.”
Leadership Defined
Ultimately, leadership is the ability to help people understand their own true worth and potential, so they see it in themselves and live accordingly. The Industrial Age view of work failed to nurture trust, placed the boss at the center of all activity, took power away from people and misaligned the interests of the individual and the organization. The alternative path is practicing the 8th Habit, and the 7 Habits that preceded it. Begin with developing the four intelligences, finding your voice and expressing it.
To lead this journey, implement the 8th Habit in your interactions. Buckminster Fuller requested the epitaph, “Just A TrimTab.” A trimtab on a boat or plane is a small rudder that ultimately turns the whole machine. Successful organizations have many…
