My OperaThe 7 Principles of Steve Pavlina's Book
Sunday, December 26, 2010 4:13:08 AM
All 7 principles in the book apply equally well to cavemen just as they do to modern man. If a caveman couldn't use them, they wouldn't be universal.
Even Covey's 7 Habits could be applied by a caveman to improve his results, i.e. be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, etc. A proactive caveman is in a better position than a strictly reactive one; the former will take steps to prepare for things like potential food shortage, need for first aid, etc.
Many people say that personal growth is different for everyone, and that appears to be true at first glance. The specific details of our lives are in flux, but the underlying principles which give rise to those details don't change from person to person.
Deep down human beings aren't so different as you might think.
Now if you look at hunting and compare it to the modern equivalent of career development or acquiring money, it begins to point you in the direction of an underlying pattern.
That only gets you partway there though, since then you have to step back further and account for people who become homemakers, monks, homeless, drug users, etc. Now the pattern gets a lot harder to see, but there's still a pattern.
Identifying universal patterns isn't too difficult. Many have been mentioned already.
My goal for this book was to find the minimum set of root patterns such that all other valid universal principles could effectively be derived from them. That was the really, really hard part.
The principles also had to be independent and non-overlapping -- orthogonal to each other in a certain way.
For example, in 3D space any point can be mapped on the X, Y, and Z axes. No matter how vast the space is, you can define any point with just three coordinates. Two coordinates is too little; four coordinates is redundant.
I sought a way to define conscious human development in similar terms. No matter where you are in your path of growth, your current position in the realm of consciousness can be plotted, so to speak, in terms of your alignment with a handful of principles. The hardest part was figuring out what the axes were and how many there should be. Are we dealing with a 3D space, 4D space, 7D space, etc?
Even an infinite space can be described in terms of a coordinate system (at least if it's linear), so infinity isn't a problem by itself.
When you know your coordinates in a space and you can identify the coordinates of where you want to go, it's easier to reach your destination.
"What Jesus and Buddha Didn't Know" would have been a great subtitle for the book.
Actually based on the way they lived, they did know these principles. I don't think they articulated them too clearly though.
Even so... I don't agree with all of their teachings anyway.
In the end we have to think for ourselves.
It may look that way sometimes, but from what I've seen in interacting with other teachers in this field, it's just not accurate. I'd be more inclined to say the exact opposite is true.
I agree that some people in this field focus a great deal on building a sales funnel to maximize their earnings and create dependencies by attracting naive customers. Those are the marketer types that genereate more hype than substance. They're really in the minority though.
Most of the teachers I know find it very rewarding when people apply their advice and benefit from it, even if it doesn't earn them a dime. When such people do well financially, they reinvest much of their earnings to help even more people. Money just isn't their primary motivator. They mainly want to share their stories and lessons to help people.
A good example is a local friend of Erin's and mine named Aimmee Riley. She grew up in Lebanon and lost her brother when a bomb flew into her home and exploded. Things only went downhill for her after that. She lost a dozen other family members, endured lots of abuse, and became a mother at 15 and a grandmother at 32. She wrote a book about her experiences called Tears of Hope and is building her career as a speaker. She's also a member of my Toastmasters club. I remember the very first speech she gave in our club -- it was incredibly moving. There are many good people like Aimmee in this field with inspiring messages, but they don't promote themselves like the hype-driven marketer types.
This article was written by Steve Pavlina as a forum post. I'm just sharing his wisdom while putting up my links below to get link juice. You can find him on StevePavlina.com
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Even Covey's 7 Habits could be applied by a caveman to improve his results, i.e. be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, etc. A proactive caveman is in a better position than a strictly reactive one; the former will take steps to prepare for things like potential food shortage, need for first aid, etc.
Many people say that personal growth is different for everyone, and that appears to be true at first glance. The specific details of our lives are in flux, but the underlying principles which give rise to those details don't change from person to person.
Deep down human beings aren't so different as you might think.
Now if you look at hunting and compare it to the modern equivalent of career development or acquiring money, it begins to point you in the direction of an underlying pattern.
That only gets you partway there though, since then you have to step back further and account for people who become homemakers, monks, homeless, drug users, etc. Now the pattern gets a lot harder to see, but there's still a pattern.
Identifying universal patterns isn't too difficult. Many have been mentioned already.
My goal for this book was to find the minimum set of root patterns such that all other valid universal principles could effectively be derived from them. That was the really, really hard part.
The principles also had to be independent and non-overlapping -- orthogonal to each other in a certain way.
For example, in 3D space any point can be mapped on the X, Y, and Z axes. No matter how vast the space is, you can define any point with just three coordinates. Two coordinates is too little; four coordinates is redundant.
I sought a way to define conscious human development in similar terms. No matter where you are in your path of growth, your current position in the realm of consciousness can be plotted, so to speak, in terms of your alignment with a handful of principles. The hardest part was figuring out what the axes were and how many there should be. Are we dealing with a 3D space, 4D space, 7D space, etc?
Even an infinite space can be described in terms of a coordinate system (at least if it's linear), so infinity isn't a problem by itself.
When you know your coordinates in a space and you can identify the coordinates of where you want to go, it's easier to reach your destination.
"What Jesus and Buddha Didn't Know" would have been a great subtitle for the book.
Actually based on the way they lived, they did know these principles. I don't think they articulated them too clearly though.
Even so... I don't agree with all of their teachings anyway.
In the end we have to think for ourselves.
It may look that way sometimes, but from what I've seen in interacting with other teachers in this field, it's just not accurate. I'd be more inclined to say the exact opposite is true.
I agree that some people in this field focus a great deal on building a sales funnel to maximize their earnings and create dependencies by attracting naive customers. Those are the marketer types that genereate more hype than substance. They're really in the minority though.
Most of the teachers I know find it very rewarding when people apply their advice and benefit from it, even if it doesn't earn them a dime. When such people do well financially, they reinvest much of their earnings to help even more people. Money just isn't their primary motivator. They mainly want to share their stories and lessons to help people.
A good example is a local friend of Erin's and mine named Aimmee Riley. She grew up in Lebanon and lost her brother when a bomb flew into her home and exploded. Things only went downhill for her after that. She lost a dozen other family members, endured lots of abuse, and became a mother at 15 and a grandmother at 32. She wrote a book about her experiences called Tears of Hope and is building her career as a speaker. She's also a member of my Toastmasters club. I remember the very first speech she gave in our club -- it was incredibly moving. There are many good people like Aimmee in this field with inspiring messages, but they don't promote themselves like the hype-driven marketer types.
This article was written by Steve Pavlina as a forum post. I'm just sharing his wisdom while putting up my links below to get link juice. You can find him on StevePavlina.com
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Buy Diamonds Online
HostGator
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