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illustrated in Exhibit 7.2. Each habit builds on the previous one so that individuals
grow further along the maturity continuum as they develop these personal effec-
tiveness habits.
In organizations, many people fall into a mindset of dependency, expecting
someone else to take care of everything and make all the decisions. The de-
pendent person is comparable to the passive follower we described earlier,
displaying neither initiative nor a sense of personal responsibility. Dependent
people expect someone else to take care of them and blame others when things
go wrong. An independent person, on the other hand, has developed a sense
of self-worth and an attitude of self-reliance. Independent people accept per-
sonal responsibility and get what they want through their own actions. To
be a truly effective follower—or leader—requires a further step
to interdependence, the realization that the best things happen Action Memo
by working cooperatively with others, that life and work are As a leader or follower, you can expand
better when one experiences the richness of close interpersonal your potential by consciously developing
personal and work life. You can move from
relationships. and applying leadership qualities in your
From Dependence to Independence dependence and passivity toward greater
Covey’s fi rst three habits deal with self-reliance and self-mastery. self-reliance and interdependence based on
Covey calls these private victories because they involve only the in- positive, productive relationships with others.
dividual follower growing from dependence to independence, not the
follower in relationship with others. 22

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Habit 1: Be Proactive Being proactive means more than merely taking initia-
tive; it means being responsible for your own life. Proactive people recognize that