Seven habits of highly effective people - Stephen R. Covey [51]
GUIDANCE
Family scripting is your source of correct attitudes and behaviors.
Your decision-making criterion is what is good for the family, or what family members want.
WISDOM
You interpret all of life in terms of your family, creating a partial understanding and family narcissism.
POWER
Your actions are limited by family models traditions.
If you are Money Centered...
SECURITY
Your personal worth is determined by your net worth.
You are vulnerable to anything that threatens your economic security.
GUIDANCE
Profit is your decision-making criterion.
WISDOM
Money-making is the lens through which life is seen and understood, creating imbalanced judgment.
POWER
You are restricted to what you can accomplish with your money and your limited vision.
If you are Work Centered...
SECURITY
You tend to define yourself by your occupational role.
You are only comfortable when you are working.
GUIDANCE
You make your decisions based on the needs and expectations of your work.
WISDOM
You tend to be limited to your work role.
POWER
Your actions are limited by work role models, organizational constraints, occupational opportunities, your boss's perceptions, and your possible inability at some point in your life to do that particular work.
If you are Possession Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is based on your reputation, your social status, or the tangible things you possess. You tend to compare what you have to what others have.
GUIDANCE
You make your decisions based on what will protect, increase, or better display your possessions.
WISDOM
You see the world in terms of comparative economic and social relationships.
POWER
You function within the limits of what you can buy or the social prominence you can achieve.
If you are Pleasure Centered...
SECURITY
You feel secure only when you're on a pleasure "high.
Your security is short-lived, anesthetizing, and dependent on your environment.
GUIDANCE
You make your decisions based on what will give you the most pleasure.
WISDOM
You see the world in terms of what's in it for you.
POWER
Your power is almost negligible.
If you are Friend Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is a function of the social mirror.
You are highly dependent on the opinion of others.
GUIDANCE
Your decision-making criterion is "What will they think?
You are easily embarrassed.
WISDOM
You see the world through a social lens.
Your actions are as fickle as opinion.
POWER
You are limited by your social comfort zone.
If you are Enemy Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is volatile, based on the movements of your enemy.
You are always wondering what he is up to.
You seek self-justification and validation from the like-minded.
GUIDANCE
You are counter-dependently guided by your enemy's actions.
You make your decisions based on what will thwart your enemy.
WISDOM
Your judgment is narrow and distorted.
You are defensive, over-reactive, and often paranoid.
POWER
The little power you do have comes from anger, envy, resentment, and vengeance --negative energy that shrivels and destroys, leaving energy for littlle else.
If you are Church Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is based on church activity and on the esteem in which you are held by those in authority or influence in the church.
You find identity and security in religious labels and comparisons.
GUIDANCE
You are guided by how others will evaluate your actions in the context of church teachings and expectations.
WISDOM
You see the world in terms of "believers" and "non-believers," "belongers" and "non-belongers.
POWER
Perceived power comes from your church position or role.
If you are Self-Centered...
SECURITY
Your security is constantly changing and shifting.
GUIDANCE
Your judgment criteria are: "If it feels good..." "What I want." "What I need." "What's in it for me?
WISDOM
You view the world by how decisions, events, or circumstances