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Summary: The Best Self Help Book I have Read
Review: I have read about 100 self-help books. This is my favorite. Covey also has a set of tapes on this subject. I have found most people like the tapes better. Some reviewers have said this is just common sense. That is correct, but I have not found many of us use common sense very often. For example how many people really try to create win-win situations--not many in my experience. Covey's largest contribution is that there are no quick fixes. There is no substitute for basic integrity. Read this book if you really want to make your life happier.
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Summary: EFFECTIVE BOOK FOR THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
Review: I HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS BOOK RECENTLY. THE AUTHOR SIMPLY DISCRIBE THE SEVEN HABITS FOR THE EFFECTIVE PEOPLE. I LIKE THIS BOOK VERY MUCH.
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Summary: Vision and proactivity
Review: I personally like the book in his way of reminding us the importance of vision (persoanl leadership). living in a performance and result-oriented culture, i felt surprised and relieve when i found the answer of my perplexity while working so hard for my studies.Rethink, is that what u want? I like the idea of "being proactive". I encountered many incidences that "plunged" me into depression and I blame the whole world, but now I understand "No one is able to hurt you without your consent". It is up to me to response to the situation. I am able to control the way I feel. Good book, i think, atb least to college level students.
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Summary: You Are Not Your Habits.
Review: Covey's book is a great guide for creating a life of your own choosing. A life you want and not one that is run by mechanical habits. Habits seep in when you are not paying attention to what works and what doesn't work in your life. The Seven Habits are based on an individual's principles, not on a predetermined way of being. I particularly liked Covey's idea of "Production Capability," or PC. In order to have anything in your life function well, say your relationships or your job, you need to pay attention to the maintance of what is producing the end results you wish to have. Treating others or even material things with respect and care is as important as how we would like to be treated by others. Another great source for self awareness is a book called "WORKING ON YOURSELF DOESN"T WORK" written by Ariel and Shya Kane. In their book, the Kanes present life transforming definitions and experiences on such subjects as awareness, happiness, listening and personal transformation. I highly recommend both of these life-inspiring books!
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Summary: I've been touched!
Review: I laughed at the title when I heard about it first time and I kinda looked down readers of this book before. I knew it got a lot of rave reviews and still didn't feel like reading it until one day... So think again, if you are making the same mistake as I did before. You have no idea what you'll miss. One of the most important habits I learnt from this book is 'Be proactive'. I stopped whining about situations and always kept working in my own 'circle of influence' since then. Be humble when you read this book and you'll learn a *lot* from it. Though I would say I'm still far from success, this book greatly contributed to the last promotion in my corporate life before leaving for my own business. I don't write my own mission statement and Big Mac is waaaayyy too far from being a great meal.
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Summary: Great Plan! Now Just Make Them Habits!
Review: .... Before I read this book, I was very busy and it seemed like I was always doing things urgently at the last minute. But Covey helped me to organize my life. Chapter 5 went a long way to help my relationship with my wife. As a man, I always want to fix problems, especially when she has a bad day. She loved it when I learned to repeat what I thought she was feeling. She just wanted to know that I knew how she felt. Although Stephen Covey is a Mormon, as a committed born-again Christian, I really appreciated the way he fit the spiritual dimension into this book. He did not push his Mormonism on the reader, but he does give the reader the opportunity to think about how utilizing the principles in this book will fit into the deeply held values and beliefs that one wants to live. As with any change-of-life habits, the hardest thing is implementing them. Covey gives many practical suggestions for making these habits reality. I personally followed many of them for over a year. Even when I have let some of them slip, I still have the plan solid in my brain and can implement them when I need to.
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Summary: A good read for the dark valley
Review: The first time I read this book I was going through the dark valley of the journey of life. I read many self-help books along the way to sort of try to get out of the valley. What I found was that time and life help get out of that dark valley more than anything else. But of all the self-help books I read this is the only one I kept because the concepts are so sound. One thing the author asks you to do is put to paper what you really believe in. It took me six months to think that one through and now I live by my beliefs as written. So read this book if you're in need of some thought provoking information for the journey.
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Summary: Foundations are king
Review: "If I act out a part will I be successful", the author answers the question with a resounding "no", unless your groundwork is correct. The map to be used in our daily lives on a path towards achieving effective self-management and leadership is explained succinctly. His explanations begin with a principle-centered core and then gradually work outwardly. Master the basics first.
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Summary: Strong Foundation
Review: A must read for every individual. Focuses on the basics and lays importance on principle centered leadership too. 7 essential habits are beautifully explained. Though each and every person is aware of these habits it is never practiced in our day to day lives. Great book which helps us to change the way we think, establish long term relationships and achieve true success.
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Summary: Good book full of human truths, but is it "all that"?
Review: Be advised: The Seven Habits are not "No Money Down." The Seven Habits are about restructuring and reprioritizing your life, redefining success and thereby attaining it. Make youreself a success at life first, and the other rewards will fall into place. There is nothing new in the book, though that doesn't mean there is nothing eye-opening or moving. A truth regained can, after all, be as revelatory as a truth discovered. Accustomed to somewhat heavier, drier tomes of eastern thought, I found this book a bit sugary... easy to digest, but just as easily gone from the system once I put the book down. A more modern reader, however, may find it just the ticket; and I found reading it with my wife to be more meaningful than reading it alone. So, the book may or may not literally change your life depending on your investment in it, but there are far worse things you could be spending your time reading, and is not the pursuit of the way also the way?
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