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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw)

Emphasising the importance of self-awareness before successful engagement with your partner, the model is a process of learning new habits to create personal and interpersonal effectiveness.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 6: Synergise)

Achieving synergy requires high trust and high cooperation and therefore we need to practice empathic communication. Whilst trust grows through synergistic interaction, replacing fear and doubt, exhibiting trustworthiness and building trustworthy relationships is vital - synergy often follows

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood)

By listening and understanding your partner - by truly listening, your relationship can be renewed, and intimacy will follow. Be patient and seek to understand... you will get your chance to express your thoughts and feeling.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 4: Think Win/Win

Learn and practice Win/Win in your marriage and discover the better way and the intimacy that it creates

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 3: Put First Things First)

Putting first things first is about staying on track, taking the initiative, exercising willpower and getting the important things done.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 2: Begin with the End In Mind)

By creating the future in your mind, you can imagine a course of action, pursue it and then conscientiously decide what you will do (and won't do) with your time, talents and tools.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 1 - Be Proactive)

Being proactive is more than just taking action. In this first habit, you have the ability to consciously choose how you respond to your partner rather than responding to the prevailing conditions or instincts or conditioning.