the eighth habit

The central idea of the book is the need for steady recovery and application of the whole person paradigm, which holds that persons have four intelligences - physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual. Denial of any of them reduces individuals to things, inviting many problems. Theindustrial ageis assumed to have been a period dependent on such denial. Covey believed theinformation ageand a foreseen "Age of Wisdom" require "whole" people (in whole jobs). The book talks of "5 Cancerous Behaviors" that inhibit people's greatness: Criticism Complaining Comparing Competing Contending