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Summary: One of the best self-help books ever written
Review: This book is powerful because it builds character from a solid foundation. The illustrations explain the author's viewpoints and the examples are applicable to people in most situations. I thoroughly recommend this book. I also recommend the author's latest book "The 8th Habit" where he uses a quote from my favorite book, Optimal Thinking: How To be Your Best Self and says "The key question is "'What is the best thing I can do under these circumstances?'" This use of Optimal Thinking is a simple way to shine and rise above mediocrity!
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Summary: The Book That Makes a Difference
Review: This book made a big difference in my life since it challenged me to change the way I thought professionally and emotionally. After reading the book, my relationships with my workers had changed for the better (I reduced turnover in my business dramatically and fostered an incredible team spirit within each of my employees) and I also ended a marriage with a woman who constantly dragged me down instead of lifting me upward. My life is now on track because of this book.The book also gives you tools (lists, diagrams, and organizer inserts) that aid you in becoming more highly effective. Stephen R. Covey provides deeply personal examples of his effective growth change. The book is inspiring. Everyone else on this site who has given a bad review of this book must not know effectiveness from a hole in the ground and must not have read the book all the way through practicing the end-of-the-chapter "exercises".
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Summary: Insperational
Review: This is a good book that everyone should read. It gives great advice on how to sole many of life's problems. Read it carefully and spend some time to think about how the topics Covey discusses relate to your life and how you can use them. If done so the book can really help you, espically if you are in a cs112 class.
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Summary: One of the best business/success books out there
Review: Unfortunately, during my experience with corporate America I've had several business/success books thrust upon me. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is the only one that was worth reading. This book, coupled with the First Things First training I received at work has had an enormous impact on me. Five years later, I still organize my life based on my mission statement, roles, and goals. I plan weekly and take time out to Sharpen the Saw. I don't always live up to the seven habits, but at least I'm going in the right direction. Periodically I pull this book out of my bookshelf and flip through it to reinforce the lessons it contains. It's also one of the few books I've ever bought someone as a gift. My biggest criticism is that Covey has a tendency to beat you over the head with examples. Numerous times as I read the book I thought to myself, I get it, move on. My other big complaint is that this book coined the word "proactive," which is believed to mean the opposite of reactive, but actually means that the person using it is an idiot and needs to resort to using made-up words to appear highly effective.
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