Physically: I am self-reliant and capable, but I also realize that you and I working together can accomplish far more than, even at my best, I could accomplish alone.

Emotionally: I derive a great sense of words within myself, but I also realize the need for love, forgiving, and for receiving love from others.

Intellectually: I realize that I need the best thinking of other people to join with my own.

As an interdependent person, I have the opportunity to share myself deeply, meaningfully, with others, and I have access to the vast resources and potential of other human beings.

Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make. They don’t have the character to do it; they don’t own enough of themselves.

Source: Covey, Stephen R. (1989, 2004). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Free Press, p. 51.

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