The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic

Stephen R. Covey

Free Press, a division of Simon and Schuster, 1989 - Self-Help - 340 pages

"The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People" is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success---in business as well as presonal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.
Be Pro-Active: Take the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.
Begin With an End in Mind: Start with a clear destination to understand where you are now, where you're going and what you value most.
Put First Things First: Manage yourself. Organize and execute around priorities.
Think Win/Win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others.
Seek First to Understand: Understand then be understood to build the skills of empathetic listening that inspires openness and trust.
Synergize: Apply the principles of cooperative creativity and value differences.
Renewal: Preserving and enhanving your greatest asset, yourself, by renewing the physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional dimensions of your nature. Stephen R. Covey is the most respected motivator in the business world today. Learn to use his "7 Habits Of Highly Effective People" --and see how they can change your life.

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User Review  - Saad Aldousari - Goodreads

The first book that changed my perspectives, and introduced me to a life of clarity and passion.

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User Review  - Dayo Adewoye - Goodreads

A great book. It invites us to think deeply about our goal in life and cultivate habits that will aid us in achieving it across all our life roles.

Contents

• PRIVATE VICTORY: 63
• Principles of Personal Leadership: 96
• Principles of Personal Management: 146

About the author

Stephen R. Covey was born on October 24, 1932, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received a degree in business administration from the University of Utah, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a D.R.E. from Brigham Young University. He was a teacher and administrator at Brigham Young University. In 1983, he founded the Covey Leadership Center, a training and consulting concern. He wrote numerous books on leadership, personal and organizational effectiveness, and family and interpersonal relationships. His best known book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic, first published in 1989. His other books include Principle Centered Leadership; First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, and to Leave a Legacy; Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People; Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families; The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness; and The 3rd Alternative. He received the Thomas More College Medallion and the Utah Symphony Fiftieth Anniversary Award in 1990, and the McFeely Award of the International Management Council for contributions and service in 1991. He died from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on July 16, 2012 at the age of 79.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic; A Fireside Book; A Fireside book: Self-Help
• Author: Stephen R. Covey
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Free Press, a division of Simon and Schuster, 1989
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Oct 30, 2008
• ISBN: 0671663984, 9780671663988
• Length: 340 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Motivational; Psychology / Personality; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success