Book Review
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NAME: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People.
AUTHOR: Stephen R Covey
PUBLISHING HOUSE: Simon & Schuster FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1989
AWARDS: In August 2011, Time listed Seven Habits as one of " The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books.
NO OF COPIES SOLD: it has sold more than 15 million copies in 38 languages since first publication.
OTHER BOOKS: Covey has written a number of follow-up books:
* First Things First
* Principle Centered Leadership
* The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, a sequel to The Seven Habits published in 2004
* The Leader in Me, a book on using the seven habits for young children, especially in schools, published in 2008.
TYPE OF BOOK: self help book
PURPOSE OF THE BOOK: In many ways it's a general purpose psychology book, dealing with such things as motivation, organizational skills, and how to deal with stress.
THEME: The 7 Habits provide an incremental, sequential, integrated approach to the development of personal effectiveness moving us progressively from dependence (on others) to independence (taking care of ourselves) to interdependence (looking after others and combining strengths to multiply our individual effectiveness). This book's focal point is on an approach to obtain personal and interpersonal effectiveness. Covey emphasizes that if we want to make a change in our lives, we should probably first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors
THE STORY:
Be Proactive:
Covey states that we are responsible for our own lives; therefore, we possess the initiative to make things happen. He also points out that proactive people so not blame various circumstances for their behaviors but they realize behavior comes from one's conscious.
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND:
To begin with the end simply means to start with your destination in mind. That gives an individual a sense of where he/she presently is in their life. One has to know where they are going to make sure that they are headed in the...
AUTHOR: Stephen R Covey
PUBLISHING HOUSE: Simon & Schuster FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1989
AWARDS: In August 2011, Time listed Seven Habits as one of " The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books.
NO OF COPIES SOLD: it has sold more than 15 million copies in 38 languages since first publication.
OTHER BOOKS: Covey has written a number of follow-up books:
* First Things First
* Principle Centered Leadership
* The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, a sequel to The Seven Habits published in 2004
* The Leader in Me, a book on using the seven habits for young children, especially in schools, published in 2008.
TYPE OF BOOK: self help book
PURPOSE OF THE BOOK: In many ways it's a general purpose psychology book, dealing with such things as motivation, organizational skills, and how to deal with stress.
THEME: The 7 Habits provide an incremental, sequential, integrated approach to the development of personal effectiveness moving us progressively from dependence (on others) to independence (taking care of ourselves) to interdependence (looking after others and combining strengths to multiply our individual effectiveness). This book's focal point is on an approach to obtain personal and interpersonal effectiveness. Covey emphasizes that if we want to make a change in our lives, we should probably first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors
THE STORY:
Be Proactive:
Covey states that we are responsible for our own lives; therefore, we possess the initiative to make things happen. He also points out that proactive people so not blame various circumstances for their behaviors but they realize behavior comes from one's conscious.
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND:
To begin with the end simply means to start with your destination in mind. That gives an individual a sense of where he/she presently is in their life. One has to know where they are going to make sure that they are headed in the...