Proactive. Covey tells us how we should be taking more initiative and control of our lives. We are the only ones that have control over our lives. Covey uses the story of Victor Frankl to explain the total control we have to shape our own thoughts and feelings. Victor was a Jew held in a German death camp during the second World War. Victor realized that even though the Germans had control of the environment …showed first 75 words of 2121 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2121 total…to maintain a sharp you. They are physical, mental, spiritual, and social/emotional. Physical includes things such as exercise, nutrition, stress management, and others things that apply to maintenance of the physical body. Mental includes things such as reading, planning, writing, and other mind stimulating events. Spiritual includes value clarification, study, and meditation, and social/emotional is service empathy, and intrinsic security. All of these areas properly maintained can help you properly use the habits.