At last writing I mentioned my program called "R.I.S.K. To The Power Of Two!" The eight categories being:
Riches......................Resources
Image.......................Integrity
Safety......................Security
Kindred.....................Kingdom
These pairs of similar qualities represent the priorities in out lives. They are fairly self explanatory but what may not be quite so obvious is that they are compliments or contrasts if you will.
Riches represent more value than worth. That is a $10,000 bill or gold or diamonds have a value but have limited worth outside of themselves.
Resources on the other hand, have value potential beyond their inherent worth. Take a word processor for example. For less than $100 you could write the next All-American novel.
Image is what is evident when everyone is watching.
Integrity is when no one else is watching.
Safety is situation dependent and moment to moment.
Security is independent of situation and time.
Kindred involves our "horizontal" relationships, those of family and friends, to people we have never met on the other side of the planet, or universe.
Kingdom refers to our "verticle" relationship with God.
Now I could go into much more detail about these categories and how to benefit by increasing your awareness of them but let's just use these brief descriptions for now.
Here is the $10,000,000.00 question... If you were to list these eight categories in priority of most important to you what would they be?
And here's the $100,000,000 question... if you asked your significant other, a friend, a coworker, to describe your priorities would their list match yours?
Most people never give this any thought, but until you do you're like a someone lost in a smoke filled burning building; wandering around banging into walls but not knowing how to use those walls to get you to where you want to go.
Take a moment right now and make your list. Ask three others to describe you and offer to do the same for them. It could be the most revealing activity you do in your life!
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Terry Canfield is
The Medic Of The Masses!
Having cared for more than 10,000 in more than 25 years of Emergency Services Terry knows how to assess and treat what is ailing you and your organization's health. Many have called upon him to save their lives... give him a chance to change yours!
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