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She bills more hours than anyone on her team. She hasn't taken a vacation in three years. She is the one who answers emails at 2 AM. And she was just passed over for the partnership.

Elena is a master of efficiency, but her boss says she lacks the "thirty-thousand-foot view". She's a "workhorse, not a rainmaker". Her life is a frantic assault of urgent tasks , and she is "drowning" , climbing a ladder she's beginning to fear is "leaning against the wrong wall".

This immersive narrative brings Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" to life. It’s the story of a woman trapped by the "Personality Ethic" (productivity hacks) and her journey to find true effectiveness through the "Character Ethic" (timeless principles).

In this episode, you will discover:

HABIT 1: BE PROACTIVE: How Elena escaped the "vocabulary of victimhood" by finding the "space between stimulus and response". She stopped being a "thermometer" (reactive) and became a "thermostat" (proactive) by focusing only on her "Circle of Influence".
HABIT 2: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND: How she realized her ladder was on the wrong wall and used the "80th birthday" exercise to build a "Personal Mission Statement" , giving her a compass to define her true success.
HABIT 3: PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST: How she escaped the "tyranny of the urgent" (Quadrant I & III) and began scheduling her real priorities (Quadrant II) , like her family and her own strategic vision.
HABITS 4, 5 & 6: THE PUBLIC VICTORY: How she learned to "Think Win-Win" (Habit 4) by using the most powerful communication skill: "Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood" (Habit 5). By giving a difficult colleague "psychological air" , she created true "Synergy" (Habit 6).

(Disclaimer: This is an original narrative and commentary, created for educational purposes and is not affiliated with the original author or publisher.)

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