When we are a slave to our insecurities, greed, fear and egos, it becomes critical for us to feed our incessant need for recognition, though that need can never be quenched. That need is fulfilled by taking undeserved and shameless credit for everything regardless of who did it — yet never take any blame even if we are directly responsible.

The wisdom of the earlier 17 Habits clarifies the fog of our illusionary egos and imbeds us in Oneness, which gives us a singular focus to collectively add the highest value. This mindset gives us enormous grace to honor others with credit, as well as tremendous courage to remove obstacles by taking the blame.