Monday, October 15, 2007

The power to choose

What makes us what we are today? What contributed to us and made us like we are?

My old view:

I had an idea that humans are a summation of experiences. Past experiences all affect us in a matter. I had the idea that differences that occur in people are caused from a different experience set.

It would be common for some group of people that have the same background and environment to have identical –to some degree- character/behavior.

Let’s say if character is a result from the experiences the individual has undertaken. Does the individual have control over his character? Why do people that have the same experiences have different behavior?

Dr.Stephen Covey’s model:

His model is written in a chapter titled “be proactive”.

To be continued ......

1 comment:

Amani AbuQdais أماني أبوقديس said...

Interesting. Well i believe experiences play a great role in forming your character.
ppl with same experiences are not supposed to have the same behavior cuz simply each person responds uniquely to the experience he had.