1. Eight Habits of Committed Claretians
Based on the book ”Seven habits of successful people”
By Stephen Couvey

2. Habit 1: Be Proactive Principles of Personal Vision
Proactivity means that, as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. .
Accept responsibility for your life, vocation and mission as a co-creator with God.
Proactivity is grounded in facing reality but also understanding that we have the power to choose a positive response to our circumstances.

3. Stay in your circle of influence with God at the center
Refuse to play the victim of circumstances and moods of people around. Choose to give a response based on your identity as a disciple of Christ.
Stay in your circle of influence with God at the center
define which things you can change with God’s help and which things you cannot change, and then doing something about the things you can change
Reactive people focus their efforts on the Circle of Concern, over things they can't control.

4. Being proactive
Our integrity in keeping commitments and the ability to make commitments are the clearest manifestations of proactivity. We take our vocational commitment seriously.
You are not condemned to be a consecrated person, but rather you have committed yourself to this way of life as a response to a call .
"The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person."

6. Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Principles of Personal Leadership
three major aspects of our personal life and mission:-
leadership - what do I/we want to accomplish in life
management - how can I best accomplish it?
productivity – working at it to reap results.
A starting point is to develop a personal mission statement, philosophy or credo. It will focus on what you want to be (character), do (contributions and achievements) and on the values and principles upon which your being and doing are based.
What do you want your life to be like at the end of your journey?
What is the legacy you want to leave?
When you have a clear vision of your overall purpose in life, it is easy to solidly say "no" to some things and "yes" to others.
You constantly ask yourself: Does this align with what I ultimately want as a consecrated person?

7. Start any endeavor -- a meeting, your day in the parish, your life -- with a mental image of an outcome conforming to values you cherish.
"All things are created twice," first mentally and then physically or actually.
"Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things."

8. No Cramming on the Farm
Think of a student and a farmer. A student goofs off all semester then crams for the semester exam and gets an A. Many people get very good at this.
But imagine a farmer doing this: goofing around all spring and summer and then cramming hard during the fall to produce a good crop.
You have to think like a farmer: sow seeds for a long time, water them everyday, and they will eventually grow and you'll harvest them.

9. Habit 3: Put First Things First Principles of Personal Management
Once you have a solid and deeply felt vision of the kind of person you want to be in your life (Habit 2), many things in your life will suddenly be NOT IMPORTANT: most TV shows, time spent complaining,, worrying, phone calls...
You start doing things that are IMPORTANT but NOT URGENT. These are things like building relationships, learning new things, building trust, planning your time; exercising, meditating, sowing seeds for tomorrow.
Habit 3 is Personal Management, the exercise of independent will to create a life congruent with your values, goals and mission. 

10. 1) Prioritize 2) Organize Around Priorities 3) Discipline yourself
Learn how to balance you roles so all facets of your life are fuller.
Discover a self- management tool that enhances your ability to keep ministry, community life and personal time in harmony. 
Time management is an essential skill for personal management. The essence of time management is to organize and execute around priorities.
Urgent & important
Crisis, problems
Not urgent but important
High impact activities
Urgent & not important
Trivial activities
Not urgent
Not important
Escape activities

11. Urgent Not urgent Not important Important Crises Pressing problems
Deadline-driven projects, meetings, preparations
Cultivating Interior life
Preparation, Prevention Values clarification
Planning
Relationship building
Needed relaxation Empowerment
Not important
Needless interruptions Unnecessary reports Unimportant meetings, phone calls, mail Other people's minor issues
Trivia, busy work
Some phone calls
Time wasters "Escape" activities
Irrelevant mail Excessive TV watching Excessive relaxation

12. Big Rocks First
You have a jar, a whole bunch of different sized rocks and sand. The goal is to fill the jars with as many rocks and as much sand as possible. How would you accomplish this?
The answer is that you would put the big rocks in first, then the smaller rocks, then pour in the sand to fill in all the cracks between the rocks.
This anecdote is used to demonstrate that each week, month and year you should define what your "big rocks" are. Write them down first, then plan around them.

13. Habit 4: Think Win/Win Principles of Interpersonal Leadership
It means actively looking for ways that you can genuinely help others succeed, ways which are fun, profitable and beneficial for you.
The benefit of others is also your benefit
Seek solutions that benefit all parties. If you can't find such a solution, don't make an agreement.

14. Win-lose tie: 6 options
Win/Win - seek mutual benefit; Principle-based behavior.
Win/Lose - competitive paradigm: if I win, you lose. In fact, both are losing.
Lose/Win - The "Doormat" paradigm. Permissiveness prevails.
Lose/Lose - obsessed with making the other person lose, even at their own expense
Win - Focus solely on getting what one wants, regardless of the needs of others.
Win/Win or No Deal - If we can't find a mutually beneficial solution, we agree to disagree

15. Habit 5:  Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood   Principles of Empathic Communication
Listen empathically (getting inside the other person's frame of reference so you listen with one purpose: understanding) until you truly understand the other person's position. Then work on ensuring that you clearly communicate your thoughts and ideas.
Skills of empathic listening must be built on a character that inspires openness and trust and high emotional bank accounts.

16. Discover the key to all communication -- understanding the other person first.
"I don't care how much you know until I know how much you care.“
Empathic listening is listening with intent to understand the other person's frame of reference and feelings. You must listen with your ears, your eyes and your heart.
Empathic listening takes time, but not as much time as backing up and correcting misunderstandings
Avoid saying “My glasses work great, try them on!”

17. Emotional Bank Account:
The Emotional Bank Account describes how trust is built on a relationship. Positive behaviors are deposits building a reserve. Negative behaviors are withdrawals. A high reserve balance results in higher tolerance for our mistakes and more open communication. 6 ways to invest emotionally:
Understanding the individual
Attending to little things
Keeping commitments
Clarifying expectations
Show personal integrity
Apologize for mistakes

18. Habit 6: Synergise Principles of Creative Cooperation
Synergy means the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
The essence of synergy is to value differences - to respect them, to build on strengths, and to compensate for weaknesses. Synergistic communication is opening your mind and heart to new possibilities.
Synergizing enables you to make a beautiful music that none of you could make alone.
communication moves from being defensive (win or lose/win), to respectful (compromise), to synergistic (win/win).

19. By taking the time to really build a team, creating a high emotional bank account, the community can become very closely knit. The respect among members can become so high that if there is a disagreement, there can be a genuine effort to understand.
High trust leads to high cooperation and communication.
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.

20. Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal
Sharpening the Saw means continually keeping yourself physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually fit.
It means regularly jogging, swimming, reading books, continually learning new things, relaxing,, praying, and meditating.
Ongoing formation

21. Keep your life alive--filled with adventure, health, interesting ideas, deepened spirituality, joyful service--through self renewal. 
Self renewal must include balanced renewal in all four dimensions--physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional. Neglecting any one area negatively impacts the rest.

22. The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness
Find your voice
Express your voice
You can discover your voice because of 3 gifts you are born with:
Develop mental energy into vision
Physical energy into discipline
Emotional energy into passion
Spiritual energy into conscience
Freedom to Choose
Natural laws and principles
The four intelligences:
- Physical intelligence
- emotional intelligence
- Mental intelligence
- Spiritual intelligence

23. Leadership: Inspire others to find their voice
The voice of trustworthiness
What’s the best thing you can do under a given circumstance?
Use the voice of influence
Voice and speed of trust
Blending voices: search for a third alternative
One voice: pathfinding shared vision, values and strategy.
Integrity
Maturity
Abundance mentality
Technical competence
Conceptual knowledge
Awareness of interdependency

25. Summary: 8 habits Be proactive Begin with the end in mind
Put first things first
Think win-win
Seek first to understand, then be understood.
Synergize
Sharpen the saw
Find and express your voice and inspire others to find their voice

26. With passion for Christ
And
Passion for humanity

27. taking up the cross and following Him

28. To Launch into the world with the Power of the Word