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Old 10-29-2008, 11:54 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I haven't been through the whole book, but so far one thing is sticking out: the power of the 7 key concepts when making difficult decisions and communicating.

When I have to make a difficult decision or send a difficult email I make a concept and then I run it along a checklist with the 7 principles while asking myself whether it is in alignment with them.

As checklist I use the summary on the homepage of Steve's site:
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  • Truth: Accept reality and rid your life of falsehood and denial
  • Love: Improve your ability to connect with yourself and others
  • Power: Build your motivation and discipline to create the life you desire
  • Oneness: Stop fighting against resistance, and make the world your ally
  • Authority: Take command of your life, and learn to make clear decisions
  • Courage: Summon the inner strength to take action in spite of fear
  • Intelligence: Live authentically, and express your genuine creativity
By using these principles as guidelines in a few real-life-messy-as-hell-situations, I found out how profound these principles are. Before that I had only intellectual appreciation for them.
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