Stephen Covey – The 8th Habit

By on January 5, 2011 in CEO Thinking
Here is a table I created after reading Stephen R. Covey’s The 8th Habit.
The 8th HABIT – Stephen Covey
WHOLE PERSON
4 NEEDS
4 INTELLEGENCES / CAPACITIES
4 ATTRIBUTES
VOICE
VALUES / MANIFESTATIONS
MIND
To learn
Mental Intelligence (IQ)
Vision
Talent (Disciplined Focus)
desire, dreams, hopes, goals, plans, imagination… sense of self, destiny, mission, role in life, purpose and meaning
BODY
To live
Physical Intelligence (PQ)
Discipline
Need (“See” Meeting Needs)
define and accept reality, subordinating today’s pleasure for a greater longer-term good
HEART
To Love
Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
Passion
Passion (Love To Do)
optimism, excitement, emotional connections, determination
SPIRIT
To Leave a Legacy
Spiritual Intelligence (SQ)
Conscience
Conscience (Do What’s Right)
fairness, honesty, respect, contribution
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About Rick Baker

Rick worked in the energy sector for 20 years...starting at Union Gas, moving to the free market side, partnering with fellow entrepreneurs and building an energy-marketing company, selling that business to an affiliate of Shell Oil, taking a little breather, and founding a few Waterloo-based energy businesses.Over the last few years, Rick has taken what he enjoyed from his energy career and used it as the base for founding Spirited Investors. Spirited Investors is a local, private-equity investment company. Spirited Investors relies on its hands-on investors - Activestors. Rick is a student of strategic planning, a student of marketing & sales management and an avid reader of books and web-based information on these and other topics. Rick is a student of self-help. Rick is an admirer of the English language....something about his Mom making him look up words in the dictionary when he was a child.From time to time, Rick has been known to exhibit a quirky sense of humour.
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