Mr.Mustache: Steve stated that Desire wasn't a root principle in of itself, but a subset of a root principle.
Ok, more thinking on this. I strongly think that one of the seven root principle has to be this:
Principle of Responsibility: Called the "moi" principle by Angela, that is taking responsibility for your life. You can do this on a continuum - if you take 10% responsibility, you're still more developed then if you took 0% responsibility, and thus able to affect your own life slightly more. If you are constantly blaming others for the situation in your life, then you aren't going to be able to develop yourself as much as if you take more responsibility. On the other end of the scale, by believing and practicing subjective reality, you really take fully 100% responsibility for everything, even say the war in Iraq even though in the objective sense you had nothing to do with it.
This principle also refers to the first habit in the 7 Habits by Steven Covey - be proactive. To be proactive, you have to understand the principle of responsibility - the ability to respond.
This is a lot of fun thinking of this stuff.
Steve, I wonder how you learned to effectively think deeply about these things - did you read specific books to learn how to think deeply, or is it something that comes to you naturally after a decade of learning and thinking about personal development material?  |