guiding light

i remember that during ns...senior commanders always talk to us junior commanders about what are our guiding principle in leadership...the answer was the 7 core values of :

LOYALTY TO COUNTRY
LEADERSHIP
DISCIPLINE
PROFESSIONALISM
FIGHTING SPIRIT
ETHICS
CARE FOR SOLDIERS

in any situation where decisions are to be made...these values should be the guiding principle...irregardless or teachings or experience...

now out of ns...have been thinking back to the past 21 years in my life...seem to me that one way or another...to a large extent or not...my guiding principle in life can be summed up in one phrase...

"...things are never absolute...life is never black or white...we should live our life in our shade of grey..."

hahaz...have been quite useful to me...except for some minor hiccups...but something that would really mean alot to me...=P...