The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

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Simon and Schuster, Nov 9, 2004 - Business & Economics - 372 pages
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges. Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more. This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey.
 

Contents

FOREWORD
7
PARADIGMS AND PRINCIPLES
13
The Seven HabitsAn Overview
46
PRIVATE VICTORY
63
Begin with the End in Mind
95
Put First Things First
145
PUBLIC VICTORY
183
Think WinWin
204
Synergize
261
RENEWAL
285
AFTERWORD
321
Possible Perceptions Flowing out of Various
333
A Quadrant II Day at the Office
343
PROBLEMOPPORTUNITY INDEX
353
INDEX
360
Copyright

Seek First to Understand Then to
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Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, a leading global training firm.

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