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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Being effective is learning to do 'that which produces the desired
result'. If you want to be extremely successful in business or very
happy in life or achieve some large goal, then being effective is
consistently doing the things that will bring about the results
you are after. Perhaps the best overall prescription for becoming
effective is contained within
Stephen Covey's best-selling book The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People.
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The 8th Habit
Some time ago, someone commented to me that I ought to write a book
called The 8th Habit. The person was basically saying to me that
the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book by
Stephen Covey was not complete because he did not really
address the matter of how you go about developing a habit.
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First Things First
Learning how to Put First Things First
can be a real challenge for many people. This principle is actually
Habit 3 from
Stephen Covey's best-selling book The 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People.
Covey's excellent book
had a real impact on my life. In fact, I always recommend it to
people who attend my Personal Development workshops.
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Sharpen the Saw
What does it mean to Sharpen the Saw? It is simply an analogy
favoured by
Stephen Covey: you are the saw; and so Sharpening the Saw
is about improving yourself. Self-Improvement (or
Self Growth)
is of course the theme of our website. In this habit, (Habit 7) Covey
considers self-improvement to be concerned with improving yourself in
the following three areas of your life: your physical body, your mind
and your spirit.
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What to Read
Stephen Covey's analogy to Sharpen the Saw refers to
the process of self improvement in the categories: body, mind and
spirit. The following reading lists represent a comprehensive and useful
reference for the mental exercise part of the Sharpen the Saw habit. Use
these lists to select reading that will inspire you and broaden your
mind.
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The 7 Habits - Summary
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a popular book,
published by Simon & Schuster, and written by
Stephen R Covey. It
provides a useful, sequential framework for understanding much about
the process of
Personal Development.
Many highly successful people seem to have naturally developed these
principles of effectiveness.
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Stephen Covey
Stephen R Covey was born in 1932. He lives with his wife, Sandra,
and their family in Utah; in the Rocky Mountains. Covey achieved
international acclaim, and is perhaps best known, for his self-help book
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
which was first published by Simon & Schuster in 1989 and has sold
around 12 million copies word-wide.
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