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Questions:

1. Describe how progressively developing Covey's Habit 1, Be Proactive, is absolutely necessary if we wish to strategically lead and manage first ourselves and then our responsibilities at work. If someone is reactive rather than proactive, what are the implications for strategic leadership and management of people in organizations?

2. Explain how Begin with the End in Mind makes a difference in everything you seek to do in life and at work. How habitually do you think most people live and work by focusing upon the future as they engage in the present? Do you think this is a skill and habit that can be developed? How could it be developed in your life and work?

3. From your own understanding, describe Senge's first discipline of the learning organization, "personal mastery," and explain how it integrates with Covey's 2nd habit of highly effective people. In your view, how do we think about and strategically manage the horizons of the past, the present, and the future?

4. Senge's chapter on "A Shift of Mind," what insights do you have from it? How do you think you need to see "see the world anew"? How can we use reinforcing and balancing feedback processes as essential tools to help us strategically lead and manage our individually journeys into the future and the journeys of organizations?