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UK Mall 1 - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780684858395
ISBN: 0684858398
Label: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2004-01-04
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Studio: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Live by Principles, not Personality
Comment: I don't think A Customer read it properly. You define 'effective' as the ability to produce YOUR excellent results (whatever they are) consistently - a balance of production and production capability. YOU also define your own happiness and seek it out - effectively. The rest of the book provides a systematic way of doing so, in a way that recognises that we achieve NOTHING meaningful without the
input, or for the benefit,of other people.
This is one of the two GREATEST books on personal development I have ever read. It shows how recognition of the principles that guide our lives WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT can enhance rather than defeat our lives, instead of playing to the personality 'I can do what I like' ethic that defeats so many politicians, celebrities and other powerful people.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A hard, but worthwhile read.
Comment: Its easy to see why this book has been so successful for so long.
This is the first `Self Improvement' book I ever read. At the time, I was stuck in a dead end job with very few prospects thoroughly miserable.
This book showed me that life is not about `have too's' and `must do's' but about `choices'. Its only when you realise this that you can truly take hold of your life.
Habit 2 which covers time management is truly inspirational.
Since reading this book in 2002, I have more that tripled my income and halved the amount of hours a week I spend doing so.
This book is a hard slog of a read sometimes but stick with it and it may change your life!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not an E-Z read.
Comment: For a personal change book, I found it rather a hard read. The book to me is, well, complicated. The seven habits make sense and all, but the whole process seems to involve making layers of change, with each layer being a whole book in itself. Not a very quick read, and I'm not saying its not worthwhile and all, it's more a book that you have to be willing to work with. Readers who like less sophisticated personal change books might enjoy The Sixty-Second Motivator.
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Summary: Nonsense of the highest order
Comment: While working for a previous company, I was sent on this course (which included reading the book). I'm sure the company meant well, but my experience of the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People", was essentially teaching people how to suck eggs.
Stephen R. Covey has made a personal fortune out of selling what most critical thinkers realise for themselves at an early age. His writings are bland and uninteresting, telling us what we already know in a language barely recognisable as English. "Synergize", "leverage", "win-win"; I'm sure you've heard them before. They are all here. Do they mean anything? In my humble opinion - not in the slightest.
Steer clear.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Stil the most influential self improvement book I've read
Comment: This is the one book I unfailingly recommend to others who want to be more successful in work or life in general.
I've read it several times and still find its ideas central to how I go about things in life. Hence buying it for a friend just now!
Covey makes a compelling (and welcome) case for the substance of real character over the cult of projected and perceived personality as the 'secret' to sustainable success in life.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Live by Principles, not Personality
Comment: I don't think A Customer read it properly. You define 'effective' as the ability to produce YOUR excellent results (whatever they are) consistently - a balance of production and production capability. YOU also define your own happiness and seek it out - effectively. The rest of the book provides a systematic way of doing so, in a way that recognises that we achieve NOTHING meaningful without the
input, or for the benefit,of other people.
This is one of the two GREATEST books on personal development I have ever read. It shows how recognition of the principles that guide our lives WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT can enhance rather than defeat our lives, instead of playing to the personality 'I can do what I like' ethic that defeats so many politicians, celebrities and other powerful people.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A hard, but worthwhile read.
Comment: Its easy to see why this book has been so successful for so long.
This is the first `Self Improvement' book I ever read. At the time, I was stuck in a dead end job with very few prospects thoroughly miserable.
This book showed me that life is not about `have too's' and `must do's' but about `choices'. Its only when you realise this that you can truly take hold of your life.
Habit 2 which covers time management is truly inspirational.
Since reading this book in 2002, I have more that tripled my income and halved the amount of hours a week I spend doing so.
This book is a hard slog of a read sometimes but stick with it and it may change your life!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not an E-Z read.
Comment: For a personal change book, I found it rather a hard read. The book to me is, well, complicated. The seven habits make sense and all, but the whole process seems to involve making layers of change, with each layer being a whole book in itself. Not a very quick read, and I'm not saying its not worthwhile and all, it's more a book that you have to be willing to work with. Readers who like less sophisticated personal change books might enjoy The Sixty-Second Motivator.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nonsense of the highest order
Comment: While working for a previous company, I was sent on this course (which included reading the book). I'm sure the company meant well, but my experience of the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People", was essentially teaching people how to suck eggs.
Stephen R. Covey has made a personal fortune out of selling what most critical thinkers realise for themselves at an early age. His writings are bland and uninteresting, telling us what we already know in a language barely recognisable as English. "Synergize", "leverage", "win-win"; I'm sure you've heard them before. They are all here. Do they mean anything? In my humble opinion - not in the slightest.
Steer clear.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Stil the most influential self improvement book I've read
Comment: This is the one book I unfailingly recommend to others who want to be more successful in work or life in general.
I've read it several times and still find its ideas central to how I go about things in life. Hence buying it for a friend just now!
Covey makes a compelling (and welcome) case for the substance of real character over the cult of projected and perceived personality as the 'secret' to sustainable success in life.
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