Celebrating my birthday with Steve

Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose

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If we live like animals, out of our own instincts, conditioning and conditions, out of our collective memory, we, too, will be limited

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It (Proactivity) means that as human beings we are responsible for our own lives. Our behaviour is a function of our decisions not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and responsibility to make things happen

Steven Covey - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People