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7 Habits of Highly Effective People By Stephen Covey | Episode 2 |

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The Language of Reactive People Absolves Them of Responsibility

Our language, for example, is a very real indicator of the degree to which we see ourselves as pro active people. The language of reactive people absolves them of responsibility. Reactive lang age: That's just the way i am. There's nothing i can do about it. He makes me so mad. My emotional life is governed by something outside my control. If only my wife were more patient. Some one else's behaviour is limiting my effectiveness. I have to do it. Listening to our language, because our attitudes and behaviors flow out of our paratimes,. We can often see in them the nature of our underlying maps.

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