Frustration Is A Function Of Our Expectations.

You May Be Good, But What Are You Good For? You've Got To Be Good For Something. You've Got To Be About Some Project, Some Task That Requires You To Be Humble And Obedient To The Universal Principles Of Service. You've Got To Live A Life Of Complete And Total Integrity In Order To Give This Kind Of Service. This Integrity Enables You To Love Other People Unconditionally, To Be Courageous And Kind At The Same Time, Because You Have Integratedness Inside Your Own Soul.

The Key To Acting With Integrity Is To Simply Stop Playing The Game.

The 8th Habit, Then, Is Not About Adding One More Habit To The 7 - One That Somehow Got Forgotten. It's About Seeing And Harnessing The Power Of A Third Dimension To The 7 Habits That Meets The Central Challenge Of The New Knowledge Worker Age. The 8th Habit Is To Find Your Voice And Inspire Others To Find Theirs.

In My Own Experience, Both Personally And Professionally, I've Learned That You Don't Wait To Confront Reality. It Doesn't Get Easier. It Doesn't Get Better. And, In Some Cases, If You Don't Get The Relevant Information From People And Act Quickly, You Start Losing Options. You're Into Damage Control.

We May Find It Convenient To Live With The Illusion That Circumstances Or Other People Are Responsible For The Quality Of Our Lives, But The Reality Is That We Are Responsible-response-able-for Our Choices.