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• bLunDers and reMeDies..

  Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:13PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  Thought of sharing this with you guys...my AnD family..

  i found this pretty interesting..we all know that there are seven wonders of the world rite...and it came in many many versions..but do you know that, there are actually seven blunders of the world (took it from wiki...yeah i'm a wiki freak!! haha ~lol~)

  what is it? it is actually a list that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi a.k.a Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi ...and the seven blunders are....

   Wealth without work

   Pleasure without conscience

   Knowledge without character

   Commerce without morality

   Science without humanity

   Worship without sacrifice

   Politics without principle

  according to wiki, this list grew from Gandhi's search for the roots of violence. He called these, acts of passive violence. Preventing these is the best way to prevent oneself or one's society from reaching a point of violence. to this list, Arun added another one, the eighth blunder  rights without responsibilities 

  and interestingly, as an act of remedy, Stephen R. Covey came out with his book, the seven habits of highly effective people..he (Stephen) claims that these seven habits help people avoid the seven blunders..and the seven habits are..

    Be proactive

    Begin in the end in mind

    Put first thing first

    Think win/win

    Seek first to understand then to be understood

    Synergize

    Sharpen the saw

  i'm just wondering, why is it have to be seven, why not other numbers...hmmm

  to know more, feel free to browse seven blunders of the world and seven habits of highly effective people.   

  be good everyone...all the best for the upcoming week..chayo!!