7-Habits--Paradigms & Principals review

Choose all that correctly apply. A paradigm is a

• junior rapper, aka 20-cent.

• perception about the way things are.

• a point of view, frame of reference, or belief.

• a paragraph of diagrams.

• complete and accurate description generally held by all.

Negative self-paradigms put limitations on us; positive self-paradigms bring out the best in us.

• True

• False

Paradigms can be about all of the following EXCEPT:

• Ourselves

• Other people

• Life in general

• Mathematical formulas

The author compares paradigms to

• apples and oranges

• lenses or prescription glasses

• rock, paper, and scissors

• haves and have nots

Which is a question you would NOT ask to determine your life-center paradigm?

• What is the golden rule?

• What is the driving force in my life?

• Who or what are my obsessions?

• What do I spend my time thinking about?

Incomplete or inaccurate paradigms can makes us quick to judge, label, or make rigid opinions about ourselves and others.

• True

• False

According to the author, friends should be your life-center and provide a stable foundation.

• True

• False

Which might be a reason to make friends your life-center?

• They can be fickle or fake.

• They can best understand what you are going through.

• They sometimes talk behind your back or have mood swings.

• They sometimes move to another place to live.

• They sometimes make other relationships and forget about you.

Which is the best reason AGAINST choosing possessions or "stuff" as your life-center paradigm?

• It is a lens through which to understand the world.

• Possessions (or "stuff") also come in the form of titles and accomplishments.

• Confidence needs to come from within, not without; i.e. from the quality of our hearts, not the quantity of possessions.

• Some people measure success in terms of how much "stuff" a person has.

Choose the reason(s) why you should NOT make your life girlfriend/boyfriend centered. Choose all that apply.

• Love makes the world go round and is a many splendored thing.

• It can make you appear insecure.

• It can become irritating to your boyfriend/girlfriend.

• Independence can be more attractive that dependence.

• Finding your soulmate is the most important thing.