Chapter 4* encourages us to discover our voice through unopened birth-gifts. These are the freedom and power to choose; universal, timeless, and self-evident natural laws (or principles); and four intelligences/capacities.
The freedom to choose lies in the space between stimulus and response. Covey believes nothing is soley decided by nature (genetics) or nurture (environment), but rather those factors contribute to the size of the space between stimiulus and response (how much someone is able choose).
Universal, timeless, and self-evident principles come by either natural or moral (social) authority. Values are social norms, but moral authority is the principled and humble use of freedom and authority to guide our individual choices.
The four intelligences/capacities are:
- IQ - mental: prepare for a changing world
- EQ - emotional/social: speak assuming everything you say about others is overheard
- PQ - phsical/economic: live to live
- SQ - spritutal: assume your actions are judged every quarter
I definately support the power of choice and have experienced many examples of that in my life and the lives of others.
I have reflected on the four intelligences as sliders on an equalizer that change a bit depending on the day. Some days I feel I need to or do rely on one capacity more than another, and some days I wish I could tap into one more. I definately use each of these daily, to differing degrees.
 | *from Stephen Covey's The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness as part of the 8th Habit Challenge |
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