The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Wisdom
Your judgment is narrow and distorted.
You are defensive, overreactive, 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 little 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 “nonbelievers,”
“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 will af -
fect you.
Power

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Your ability to act is lim ited to your own resources, without the
benefits of interdependency.
More often than not, a person’s center is some combination of these
and/or other centers. Most people are very much a function of a variety of
influences that play upon their lives. Depending on external or internal
conditions, one particular center may be activated until the underlying
needs are satisfied. Then another center becomes the compelling force.
As a person fluctuates from one center to another, the resulting relativism
is like roller coasting through life. One moment you’re high, the next
moment you’re low, making efforts to compensate for one weakness by
borrowing strength from another weakness. There is no consistent sense of
direction, no persistent wisdom, no steady power supply or sense of
personal, intrinsic worth and identity.
The ideal, of course, is to create one clear center from which you
consistently derive a high degree of security, guidance, wisdom, and power,
empowering your proactivity and giving congruency and harmony to every