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Habit 2

The document discusses Habit #2 - Begin With The End In Mind. It emphasizes creating a personal mission statement and thinking about what you want your life to stand for. This includes envisioning what you want people to say about you at your funeral and focusing on your core values and principles rather than being centered around things like relationships, money or pleasure that are unreliable. Developing a principle-centered mission provides security, wisdom, power and fulfillment to guide your decisions and actions.

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Habit 2

The document discusses Habit #2 - Begin With The End In Mind. It emphasizes creating a personal mission statement and thinking about what you want your life to stand for. This includes envisioning what you want people to say about you at your funeral and focusing on your core values and principles rather than being centered around things like relationships, money or pleasure that are unreliable. Developing a principle-centered mission provides security, wisdom, power and fulfillment to guide your decisions and actions.

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HABIT #2

Begin With The


End In Mind
To learn the
importance of
creating things twice
To learn the
difference between
leadership and
management.

OBJECTIVES: To develop a
personal mission
statement.

To develop thinking
with the end in mind.

To live a meaningful
life.
Bijou Solutions, Inc. | 2020
IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU
ARE PLANNING TO FAIL.
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Before we begin
ACTIVITY
In your mind’s eye, see yourself going to the
funeral of a loved one. Picture yourself driving to
the funeral parlor or chapel, parking the car, and
getting out. As you walk inside the building, you
notice the flowers, the soft organ music. You see
the faces of friends and family you pass along
the way. You feel the shared sorrow of losing, the
joy of having known, that radiates from the
hearts of the people there.
ZIMCORE HUBS | DESIGN THINKING
As you walk down to the front of the room and
look inside the casket, you suddenly come face
to face with yourself. This is your funeral, three
years from today. All these people have come to
honor you, to express feelings of love and
appreciation for your life.
                As you take a seat and wait for the
services to begin, you look at the program in
your hand. There are to be four speakers. The
first is from your family, the second is one of
your friends, the third is from your
work/profession or school, and the fourth is
from your church or some community
organization.
Now think deeply. What would you like each of these speakers to say
about you and your life? What kind of son or daughter or cousin?
What kind of friend? What character would you like them to have
seen in you? What contributions or achievements would you want
them to remember? Look carefully at the people around you. What
difference would you like to have made in their lives?
“BEGIN WITH THE END IN
MIND”
-You have to begin today with the image, picture, or paradigm
of the end of your life as your frame of reference or the
criterion by which everything else is examined.
-We have to develop a clear understanding of our destination.
-It is easy to get caught up in an activity trap, to be busy
without being effective.
-We have to avoid empty victories and know what really matter
to us.
-When we begin with the end in mind, we become efficient and
effective.
-THE MENTAL OR FIRST “All things
CREATION, AND A
PHYSICAL OR SECOND are created
CREATION. twice”
-THE CARPENTER’S RULE
“MEASURE TWICE, CUT
ONCE.”
HABIT #2 | BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
-NOT ALL FIRST CREATIONS ARE
“By design or BY CONSCIOUS DESIGN.
-IF WE DO NOT DEVELOP OUR OWN SELF-
default” AWARENESS AND BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR
-HABIT 1 SAYS, “YOU FIRST CREATIONS, WE EMPOWER OTHER PEOPLE
ARE THE CREATOR.” OUTSIDE OUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE TO SHAPE
HABIT 2 IS THE FIRST MUCH OF OUR LIVE BY DEFAULT.
CREATION. -WE ARE EITHER THE SECOND CREATION OF
OUR OWN PROACTIVE DESIGN, OR WE ARE
THE SECOND CREATION OF OTHER PEOPLE’S
AGENDAS, OF CIRCUMSTANCES, OR OF
PAST HABITS.
-WE HAVE TO “RESCRIPT”
OURSELVES.
HABIT #2 | BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
-LEADERSHIP IS THE FIRST CREATION,
MANAGEMENT IS THE SECOND.
-LEADERSHIP: WHAT ARE THE THINGS
I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?
-MANAGEMENT: HOW CAN I BEST
ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS? “Leadership and
-“MANAGEMENT IS DOING THINGS Management –
RIGHT; LEADERSHIP IS DOING THE
RIGHT THINGS.” – PETER DRUCKER The Two
AND WARREN BENNIS
Creations”
HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
-PROACTIVE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP MUST CONSTANTLY
MONITOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
-WHAT MATTERS MOST GETS BURIED UNDER LAYERS OF
PRESSING PROBLEMS, IMMEDIATE CONCERNS, AND
OUTWARD BEHAVIORS. WE BECOME REACTIVE.
-SELF-AWARENESS, IMAGINATION AND CONSCIENCE TO
EXAMINE OUR DEEPEST VALUES.

HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND


“A Personal Mission Statement”
-WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A PHILOSOPHY OR CREED WHICH
FOCUSES ON WHAT WE WANT TO BE (CHARACTER) AND TO
DO (CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS) AND ON THE
VALUES OR PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH BEING AND DOING ARE
BASED.
-PEOPLE CAN’T LIVE WITH CHANGE IF THERE’S NOT A
CHANGELESS CORE INSIDE THEM. THE KEY TO THE ABILITY TO
CHANGE IS A CHANGELESS SENSE OF WHO YOU ARE, WHAT
YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU VALUE.
HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
DEVELOPING A PERSONAL
MISSION STATEMENT

IDENTIFY KNOW WHAT IDENTIFY BE


WHAT IS ARE THE YOUR PRINCIPLE
"AT THE ALTERNATIVE CENTER CENTERED
CENTER" CENTERS

HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND


SECURITY
- sense of worth, identity, emotional anchorage, the
AT THE internal frame that interprets for you what is
happening out there
CENTER GUIDANCE
THE COMBINATION OF THESE - source of direction in life, standards or principles or
FOUR CREATES THE GREAT implicit criteria that govern decision-making
FORCE OF A NOBLE WISDOM
PERSONALITY, A BALANCED - perspective on life, sense of balance, understanding
CHARACTER, A BEAUTIFULLY of how various principles apply and relate t o each
INTEGRATED INDIVIDUAL. other
POWER
faculty or capacity to act, the strength or potency to
accomplish something

HABIT #2 | BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND


A. SPOUSE CENTEREDNESS –
DEPENDENCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP
B. FAMILY CENTEREDNESS – PEOPLE Alternative
WHO ARE FAMILY-CENTERED GET THEIR Centers
SENSE OF SECURITY FROM TRADITIONS
AND FAMILY CULTURE OR REPUTATION,
THEY TEND TO BE VULNERABLE WHEN
CHANGES OCCUR AND AFFECT THAT
REPUTATION
C. MONEY CENTEREDNESS – ECONOMIC
WORRIES AND SECURITY; WORK AND
MONEY PROVIDE NO WISDOM, NO
GUIDANCE, AND A LIMITED DEGREE OF
POWER AND SECURITY
HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
D. WORK CENTEREDNESS – PRODUCE
AT THE SACRIFICE OF HEALTH,
RELATIONSHIPS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT
AREAS OF LIFE; THEIR FUNDAMENTAL Alternative
IDENTITY COMES FROM WORK AND THEIR
SECURITY IS VULNERABLE TO ANYTHING Centers
THAT HAPPENS TO PREVENT THEM IN
CONTINUING IN IT
E. POSSESSION CENTEREDNESS –
BOTH TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE; THIS
IS FLAWED FOR IT CAN VANISH RAPIDLY
AND IS INFLUENCED BY MANY FORCES
ULFILLMENT
HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
F. PLEASURE CENTEREDNESS – WE LIVE
IN A WORLD WHERE INSTANT
GRATIFICATION IS AVAILABLE AND
ENCOURAGED; TELEVISION AND MOVIES Alternative
ARE MAJOR INFLUENCES IN INCREASING
PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS; PLEASURE Centers
OFFERS NO DEEP LASTING SENSE OF
SATISFACTION OR FULFILLMENT
G. FRIEND/ENEMY CENTEREDNESS –
MORE COMMON WITH YOUNG PEOPLE;
NEED FOR THE SENSE OF ACCEPTANCE
AND BELONGING; WE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE;
INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT POWER
HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
H. CHURCH CENTEREDNESS – IMAGE OR
APPEARANCE CAN BECOME A PERSON’S
DOMINANT CONSIDERATION; LABELS Alternative
EMERGE; NO SENSE OF INTRINSIC
WORTH AND PERMANENT SECURITY Centers
I. SELF-CENTEREDNESS –
SELFISHNESS; STAGNANT, ACCEPTS BUT
NEVER GIVES

HABIT # 2| BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND


-LOOK CLOSELY AT LIFE-
Now, SUPPORT FACTORS
Identify -AS A PERSON
FLUCTUATES FROM ONE
your CENTER TO ANOTHER,
THE RESULTING
RELATIVISM IS LIKE
CENTER ROLLER COASTING
THROUGH LIFE.
A PRINCIPLE CENTER
CENTERING OUR LIVES ON
CORRECT PRINCIPLES TO CREATE
A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR LIFE-
SUPPORT FACTORS.
A. SECURITY – PRINCIPLES DO NOT CHANGE, OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THEM DOES; THEY DO NOT
REACT TO ANYTHING, THEY ARE DEEP
FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS  
B. WISDOM AND GUIDANCE - WILL BE CORRECT
MAPS THAT WILL HELP US CLEARLY SEE WHERE
WE WANT TO GO
C. POWER – SELF-AWARE, KNOWLEDGEABLE,
PROACTIVE INDIVIDUAL, UNRESTRICTED BY THE
ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS, AND ACTIONS OF
OTHERS OR BY MANY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES THAT LIMIT
OTHER PEOPLE; THE ONLY REAL LIMITATION OF
POWER IS THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE
PRINCIPLES THEMSELVES;

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