Hitesh Sarda » principles http://hitesh.in Thoughts on life, technology, education and entrepreneurship Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 What colour are your glasses? http://hitesh.in/2009/what-colour-are-your-glasses/ http://hitesh.in/2009/what-colour-are-your-glasses/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:29:47 +0000 Hitesh http://hitesh.in/?p=233 Continue reading →]]> Stephen R. Covey in his landmark book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” defines 9 possible centres that people have:

  • Spouse-centred
  • Friends / Enemy-centred
  • Family-centred
  • Money-centred
  • Work-centred
  • Possession – centred
  • Pleasure-centred
  • Church-centred
  • Self-centred

In other words, these are the glasses we see the world through. All decision making is coloured by your bias towards one or more of these. But none of these are worth centring ones life around, they all blur the view. So he suggests taking off these glasses and seeing the world in the light of the principles that you value. If one has a mission statement and knows the principles he values most, then making decisions is easier.

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