I just can't seem to keep a promise I make to myself. I read all the new information, I set goals, I get myself all psyched up with a positive mental attitude and tell myself I can do it. I know I'm overweight, and I really want to change. I've started a new diet - for the fifth time this year. I'm not even sure I know myself and what's really important to me. I don't know my wife and children any more. But it's cost me my personal and family life. I've set and met my career goals and I'm having tremendous professional success. I suspect some of the problems they have shared with me may be familiar to you.
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. There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges.īefore you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"-a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold.
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