Covey's model gives every person the same hardwired birth-gifts — and then two routes from them. The inside-out process integrates the whole person and unleashes potential. The outside-in quick fix fragments the person into a victim and strangles it. The same human system; two completely different security postures.
Greatness pathway — regulated, integratedMediocrity pathway — reactive, dysregulatedShared birth-gifts — the same starting point
Adapted from Stephen R. Covey, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, Figure 6.10. Recreated in the Psyche-Cybersecurity thermal palette: cool steel = the composed, regulated state; warm ember = the reactive, dysregulated one. The framework's claim — that the same human system runs two opposite security postures depending on which pathway it follows — is the reason this title sits on the influences list.