Covey - The 7 habits of highly effective people
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WISDOM<br />
You see the world in terms <strong>of</strong> "believers" and "non-believers," "belongers" and "nonbelongers.<br />
POWER<br />
Perceived power comes from your church position or role.<br />
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If you are Self-Centered...<br />
SECURITY<br />
Your security is constantly changing and shifting.<br />
GUIDANCE<br />
Your judgment criteria are: "If it feels good..." "What I want." "What I need." "What's in it<br />
for me?<br />
WISDOM<br />
You view the world by how decisions, events, or circumstances will affect you.<br />
POWER<br />
Your ability to act is limited to your own resources, without the benefits <strong>of</strong><br />
interdependency.<br />
More <strong>of</strong>ten than not, a person's center is some combination <strong>of</strong> these and/or other centers.<br />
Most <strong>people</strong> are very much a function <strong>of</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> influences that play upon their lives.<br />
Depending on external or internal conditions, one particular center may be activated until<br />
the underlying needs are satisfied. <strong>The</strong>n another center becomes the compelling force.<br />
As a person fluctuates from one center to another, the resulting relativism is like roller<br />
coasting through life. One moment you're high, the next moment you're low, making<br />
efforts to compensate for one weakness by borrowing strength from another weakness.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no consistent sense <strong>of</strong> direction, no persistent wisdom, no steady power supply<br />
or sense <strong>of</strong> personal, intrinsic worth and identity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ideal, <strong>of</strong> course, is to create one clear center from which you consistently derive a<br />
high degree <strong>of</strong> security, guidance, wisdom, and power, empowering your proactivity and<br />
giving congruency and harmony to every part <strong>of</strong> your life.<br />
A Principle Center<br />
By centering our lives on correct principles, we create a solid foundation for development<br />
<strong>of</strong> the four life-support factors<br />
Our security comes from knowing that, unlike other centers based on <strong>people</strong> or things<br />
which are subject to frequent and immediate change, correct principles do not change.<br />
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