Begin With The End In Mind

Key Points:

What it means to begin with the end in mind is to begin today with the image, picture, or paradigm of the end of your life as your frame of reference or the criterion by which everything else is examined. To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination.
It first stems on the principle that "all things are created twice." There's a mental or first creation, and physical or second creation, to all things. Take construction of a home, for example. You create it in every detail before you ever hammer the first nail into place. You try to get a very clear sense of what kind of house you want. You work with ideas. You work with your mind until you get a clear image of what you want to build.

By design or default, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and do not become responsible for our first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of Influence to shape much of our lives by default.
Put another way, Habit 1 says, "You are the creator," Habit 2 is the first creation.

There are two creations, leadership and management

Management is a bottom line focus: How can I best accomplish certain things? Leadership deals with the top line: What are the things I want to accomplish?

Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Efficient management without effective leadership is, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic."

Make sure your ladder is leaning against the right wall.

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