Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People Book

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by: Stephen R. Covey

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Average Rating: Rating: - Ethical guide to getting ahead the right way This book isn't about stepping on others toes to get ahead. It's not about manipulating people to get what you want. It's a book on how to get a win/win relationship with people. You don't need to crush others beneath your feet to be on top. There is plenty of room at the top. And with a strong moral base, you wills stay there. Also recommended, The Little Guide To Happiness. It is an excellent guide to finding inner peace and happiness. Not just success on the outside but on the inside. Both compliment each other. Rating: - Character And Leadership I will be simple and to the point. As a long-time fan of Stephen Covey, I think his books are at the top of the heap of how-to books on character and leadership. I know they have helped me in my career. And, though I don't have a horse in this race, I have to tell you that I think the best book I have ever read that compliments Stephen Covey's books by presenting the easiest and most understandable explanations of the philosophical basis for all of the ideas in Mr. Covey's books is Norman Thomas Remick's book, "West Point: Character Leadership.....". Rating: - Tools, that's all. I'm motivated to share my thoughts after reading a few of the 1 and 2 star reviews I read. First of all; this is only a self-help book, and contrary to some of the reviewers expectations, this book is not going to shock you into success. Additionally, this book does (and Covey states this in the intro) repeat very old values related to commitent, time mangement, and prioritizing time; you aren't really going to hear something you haven't heard before. So what does Covery offer? Some of the best sets of tools for managing your life. He states that he came into this new management process while studying old self-help literature from hundreds of years ago. Throughout history he saw the same values repeated over and over again...until the later 20th century. Covey insists that modern self-help literature is superficial, offering a illusory advantage by providing short cuts around older and proven methods. What Covery does is summarize these values and then lays out a method (or a set of tools) for scheduling these values. Obviously, it doesn't matter what you know regardng philosophy and religion when this knowledge can't be incorporated into what you're actually going to do this week. Where's the relevency? And how do your values, what you are, what you do, how do you actually work that into a daily-weekly-monthly schedule!? There's nothing deep here, no mystical revelations. Just tools. If you want mystical revelation, if you want stories of how the supernatural can save you, then find a different book. But if you need help prioritizing you career, your family committments, getting some exercise, enjoying a few hobbies, and all the while getting the chores done, this book helps. I gave it 4 stars and not 5 since the beginning is boring, wordy and redundant. I wish the book just started with the tools and got through them. Covey was probably compelled to be wordy to defend or entice the people who read this stuff thinking that they will suddenly find the motivation to do something they should be doing anyway. It's worth the money.

Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People Book

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