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In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness,... read more
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- Sandra: Stephen Covey's wife.
- Mr. Covey: The Author
- Anuj: very effective book to learn
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- Jenny
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- Sarah
- David
- David Lilienthal
- Joseph
- Arthur Gordon
- Carol
- Peter Drucker
- Joe
- Potiphar
- Gandhi
- P/PC Balance.: P stands for production of desired results.PC stands for production capability.
- Anwar Sadat
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“"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be."”
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“"There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children - one is roots, the other wings."”
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Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.
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“What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.”
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“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
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It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.
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Effectiveness lies in the balance—what I call the P/PC Balance. P stands for production of desired results, the golden eggs. PC stands for production capability, the ability or asset that produces the golden eggs.
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Albert Einstein observed, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
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The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
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For our purposes, we will define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ARISTOTLE Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,”
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First Sentence edit
In more than 25 years of working with people in business, university, and marriage and family settings, I have come in contact with many individuals who have achieved an incredible degree of outward success, but have found themselves struggling with an inner hunger, a deep need for personal congruency and effectiveness and for healthy, growing relationships with other people.
Table of Contents edit
pt. 1. Paradigms and principles
pt. 2. Private victory
Habit 1: Be proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
Habit 3: Put first things first
pt. 3. Public victory
Habit 4: Think win/win
Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Habit 6: Synergize
pt. 4. Renewal
Habit 7: Sharpen the saw
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Urgency vs. Importance: Personal effectiveness results from understanding and appreciating the difference between urgency and importance.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 42 of 8 in John Maxwell's List of Books to Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
This book is in 7 Habits Signature Series. (standard series)
This is book 184 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen R. Covey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0671663984
Page Count: 374
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0671663984
Page Count: 374
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- Library of Congress: BF637.S8 C68 1989
- Dewey: 153
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