10 quotes
Spiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Consequences are governed by principles and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Values are social norms — they're personal, emotional, subjective, and arguable. All of us have values. Even criminals have values.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Are your values based upon principles?
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is, a deep sense of meaning and contribution to worthy projects and causes, particularly your intergenerational family.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Different cultures may translate these principles into different practices and over time may even totally obscure these principles through the wrongful use of freedom. Nevertheless, they are present. Like the law of gravity, they operate constantly.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Because of the space between stimulus and response, people have the power of choice; therefore, leaders are neither born nor made — meaning environmentally trained and nurtured. They are self-made through chosen responses, and if they choose based on principles and develop increasingly greater discipline, their freedom to choose increases.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Principles are universal — that is, they transcend culture and geography. They're also timeless, they never change — principles such as fairness, kindness, respect, honesty, integrity, service, contribution. Different cultures may translate these principles into different practices and over time may even totally obscure these principles through the wrongful use of freedom. Nevertheless, they are present. Like the law of gravity, they operate constantly.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)