I’m a principle kind of guy. I love love love principles. I’ve learned that this is the type of information I retain the most. This is true of my scholastic learning, leisurely reading, and retention of the many lectures, presentations, and speakers I am exposed to each week.
To me an effective speaker is one who from the outset gives her audience a principle to interpret all other details of the presentation. The principle is the guide, the details are the enrichment of that theme. You know that energizing feeling when you feel your learning at a higher plane? When you have an “Aha” moment? Its thrilling.
I joined Audible.com so I could take advantage of their two free audiobooks with a trial membership that you can cancel at no financial penalty. My choices? The Unabridged 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and the 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey.
Dr. Covey encourages his readers to align themselves with natural all-governing principles that are timeless. His writing is straightforward and understandable—empowering. There is no one that could not benefit from this book.
From Webster’s Dictionary a definition of principle:
1 the ultimate source, origin, or cause of something 2 a natural or original tendency, faculty, or endowment 3 a fundamental truth, law, doctrine, or motivating force upon which others are based 4 a) a rule of conduct, esp. of right conduct b) such rules collectively c) adherence to them; integrity; uprightness 5 an essential element, constituent or quality, esp. one that produces a specific effect 6 a) the scientific law that explains a natural action b) the method of a thing’s operation
As you can tell Daria and I are taking a firm grip on our lives and we are enjoying the outcomes. I’ve decided I can no longer be lax, or be happy with mediocrity. I’ve had a vision of who I can become presented to me and in taking stock have realized I need to sow more now to reap more later.
A principle to close on
The soul that has no established aim loses itself —Montaigne
