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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

By: Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by: Stephen R. Covey
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*New York Times bestseller—over 40 million copies sold*
*The #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century*

One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents—millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this 30th anniversary edition of the timeless classic commemorates the wisdom of the 7 Habits with modern additions from Sean Covey.

The 7 Habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work!

With Sean Covey’s added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 Habits will be refreshed for a new generation of leaders.

They include:
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.Download the accompanying reference guide.© and (P)2004 FranklinCovey Career Success Leadership Management Management & Leadership Motivation & Self-Improvement Organizational Behavior Personal Development Personal Success Well-being Essentials Workplace & Organizational Behavior Inspiring Thought-Provoking Self Development School Leadership Leadership Development

Featured Article: 35+ Quotes About Hard Work to Keep You Motivated and Moving Forward


The things most worth doing require the most from us—it takes hard work to accomplish important tasks, achieve major goals, and realize your dreams. Commitment, sweat, exhaustion, frustration, and a willingness to fail are all necessary parts of taking on challenges. When you’re in the middle of a difficult project, there will be times when you’re tempted to simply give up. In such moments, look to these quotes about hard work to keep you going.

Featured Article 35+ Quotes About Hard Work to Keep You Motivated and Moving Forward
Relatable Anecdotes • Practical Examples • Authentic Author Narration • Transformative Insights • Memorable Illustrations

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I really did not expect to like this book. I generally find the self help genre weak and I expected this title to be one more christian based positive thinking book. There is a tiny bit of faith-based stuff in the afterward, but it strives to be any-god-will-do. Mostly it is detailed, ordered, steps to, over time, improve your effectiveness.

The Seven Habits (plus the new eighth one) are:
Be Pro-Active, Set Goals, Prioritize, Think Win-Win, Listen, Synergize, Maintain, & Inspire
This list seems a bit trite, but the author takes care to build each concept upon another. It is more realistic than most self-help books and does not promise a quick fix, or riches, or power, it instead suggests an effective pattern for somewhat steady improvement. This system goes beyond having a "open mindset" to having an "abundance mindset". This does not mean an abundance of stuff, but noticing that many situations are not zero-sum, and that win-win net-positive situations are often, if not almost always, possible.

Of course doing all the things the author suggests is non-trivial, but they are generally good suggestions for making progress once you are committed to change.

The writing and narration is quite clear, folksy, and pleasant, and far from the exuberance of some books in this genre. Some may find the folksiness a bit slow and boring, try speeding it up.

BTW - some reviews mention chapter ordering issues that seem to have been fixed.

I did not expect to like this book

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As good as it gets, a must read is here presented as a great listen... thus allowing us all to more conveniently return to this classic self-help book for a reminder on how to be more effective.

excellent

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I'm going to apply this to all aspects of my life!

Excellent!

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I don't mean to be rude or anything but Mr. Covey doesn't have the voice that you want to hear when you are driving, his voice makes me fall asleep. His voice made an amazing book a terrible audiobook. The book itself has beneficial information and so much to learn from. But It's so hard to pay attention to what he is saying because of how he reads it!!! I wish he would hire someone to read the book instead of him reading. If you find this book read by someone else please download that version. I struggled to finish this book, it's boring.
Please do us a favor and hire Bahmi Turpin or Marguerite Gavin to read this book.

Great Content & Horrible Voice for Audiobook

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So many great points, lessons, and principles. You cannot catch them all in one go. I plan to review it often through the year to remind myself of the seven (7) habits. Life lessons, dealing with dictator type bosses, self improvement & more! You will not be disappointed.

I listened twice.

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Many other books in this field will teach you some techniques to learn. This book argues that we don't need to improve our techniques, we need to improve our character. It them sets out to teach you 7 " habits" that will align your character with universal principles. It's not a quick fix, but it is a true fix. And along the way you will pick up some techniques too, but they'll be grounded in a correct context now - character development.


"Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny."

as RELEVANT now as it was in 1989

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I wasn't too sure about the book near the start but once I got into it it was awesome. I highly recommend this book!

Worthwhile listen

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I have been searching for help with problems for myself and my family going to Zig Zigler and many others to try to fix things with positive mental attitude. I wasn't wrong to look here for fixes, but I found a better way with Mr Covey. His simple explanations and examples make it easy to listen to and discuss with my wife. I now have wisdom that is making a difference in my marriage and family!

Help at last

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This was a good listen. I read a lot of motivational books and i would rate it among the good ones.
A could of key points stood out for me around managing priorities and creating win win situations

One of the big titles ticked off mv list

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Listened to the audio book after having read it many years ago. Although the book helped me be much more effective through the years, it was great to refresh.

As relevant as ever.

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