The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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A step-by-step guide to achieving a principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. Covey reveals a passageway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity.Amazon.com Review
Anyone who thinks the audiocassette adaptation of Stephen Covey’s bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is a shortcut to reading the book has another thing coming. As a preview, the cassette is worth every one of its 90 minutes; as a substitute for the original, it will only place you wishing for the rest. There’s a reason 7 Habits has sold more than 5 million copies and been translated into 32 languages. Serious work has obviously gone into it, and serious change can likely come out of it–but only with constant discipline and steadfast commitment. As the densely packed tape makes immediately clear, this is no quick fix for what’s ailing us in our personal and professional lives.
The tape opens to the silky-smooth, overtrained voice of the female narrator, who’s reliable for tying together audio clips from actual Covey seminars. Leaving aside the occasional attempts at promoting Covey and his institute, her speech does a first-rate job of building sense of Covey’s own intense, analogy-rich style of explaining his habits. There’s nothing simple about his approach to apt an effective person. The first three habits alone–which have to do with personal responsibility, leadership, and self-management–could take years to master. Yet the last four are unattainable, the narrator insists, if you can’t buy the personal security–the “inner core,” says Covey–that presumably comes from a mastery of the foundation.
Throughout our lessons, Covey’s presence is both learned and painstakingly appealing. He drops references to the likes of Socrates, T.S. Eliot, and Robert Frost with the aplomb of an English professor. And his knack for mixing everyday tales with abstract concepts manages to clarify hard issues while respecting our intelligence. You could argue that the cassette is nothing more than a clever marketing tool for selling another few million copies of the book. But, even at that, it’s worth the investment in time and concentration: in the end, we’re stirred to learn more about integrating all seven habits in our struggle to become better and, yes, more effective people. (Running time: 1.5 hours, one cassette) –Ann Senechal
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How so many people read this book? I dont know at all.
Half away it is not clear what Mr.Covey is talking about. Together with another book about the same seven habits(guess which)with fleeting tales from the same leader, the tales that are even more alienated.
I haven’t judge one of the review, which was negative and I admit, I just waste my time. Dull.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Mr. Covey’s book seems all nice & excellent but, the path to HELL is lined with excellent intentions. Meanwhile, back at the “LDS Ranch” their small followers discriminate against middle aged single women in the workplace–rumor has it that, they prefer bare-foot & pregnant types–I know this because I’ve veteran doors slammed in my face by a heap of their LDS-run companies. MR. Covey should write a book addressed to his fellow LDS “sheeple” on how to treat “outsiders” with respect–otherwise, their lies & cult behaviour will be more & more exposed & will only send them to their demise (question a Catholic priest!!).
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Steven Covey, although he is exceptionally talented at writing, among additional things, is a Mormon. Mormons judge so many things that contradict what Jesus taught. If you are a Christian and are looking for direction, please go to the Bible. The bible will help you find the habits to make you an effective and pleased person. Man may write in words that are simpler for you to read, but that is all they are, simpler to read.
If you want to find out what Mr. Covey REALLY believes I challenge you to read Mormonism Unmasked.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Amazon charged me $69 for this while BN sells it for $40.
What a rip off!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
If your a Christian and even if your not why not just read the book God wrote for us as a replacement for of reading all these “self help” books. I was required to go through the 7 Habits at work and it was such a waste of my time. It’s common sense with Covey’s veiws added. Sorry, but not everyone has the money or resources Mr. Covey does and thus his 7 Habits are not very usefull in the long run to most people. Also take note that Mr. Covey is Mormon and you can tell it’s an influence in the writing of the 7 Habits as he recommends readings from his Mormon works. If you like this type of stuff fantastic, buy it, but I have a hard time when I’m forced into going through it.
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