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Summary: Corporate Indoctrination at Best
Review: Covey's bestseller is nothing more than another management fad and fireplace fodder for that matter. Corporate America's visionary managers who happen to have read this first have bought into its "pull yourself by your bootstaps" mentality and indoctrinated all of their subordinates into this operation groupthink as well, which accounts for its specatular ability to still make money for the author. If you have the ability to set goals and plot out logical steps to achieve those goals, then skip this book. If you have reached the management level already or are in sales, this book reiterates what you already know. Covey will add no insite to you, other than your ability to decipher why your co-workers keep "sharpening their saws" around the water cooler.
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Summary: A masterful work
Review: OK, so this book costs 10 dollars or so. The more important cost is the time you spend trying to read and understand it. Why should you? Because, it is a great book. The problem with Stephen is that his style of writing is not always to the point. But, put in the effort to read and understand what he says, and you will discover a treasure-trove of principles to live by. The first principle, proactivity is alone worth the price of the book. The most powerful idea it implanted in my mind is, that I can choose my response. When a co-worker shows a bad attitude, when my wife is not in a good mood, when things are not going according to plan, I can choose my response. I need not let any of those things affect me. That's because they are stimulus. Between that and my response, I have space to act. Read the book. It will change the way you look at the world.
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Summary: I agree 100% with the reviewer from Colorado!
Review: As a long time Covey fan, I review Seven Habits regularly and conintually try to improve the way I apply these great ideas to my personal life. I also enjoy reading the customer reviews to see what other people are getting from Covey's works. Earlier a reader from Colorado suggested reading another book entitled Winning Ways by Dick Lyles, with the comment that it tied in well with Covey's habits #4 and #6. I couldn't agree more. Lyles obviously shares many Covey philosophies and attributes. But more important, the four secrets of Winning Ways add needed dimension to Covey's work. Reading Seven Habits over and over again in order to create the habit of improvement is the way to go. Reading it along with Winning Ways is the frosting on the cake!
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Summary: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Review: A school principal recommended "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" to me. Having read it, I bought a copy for my nephew, a grad. student @ The Univ. of Michigan. I found it to be very motivational and enjoyable. I would recommend this book to any patron of the library.
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Summary: Stephen Covey should follow his own teachings
Review: In some ways, this book represents a distillation of seven very effective habits. These are not Dr. Covey's habits. These are natural principles which he has put into easily digestible chunks. Given Franklin Covey's tribulations, and the poorly done merger of Franklin Quest with Covey Leadership Center, one would wish that Dr. Covey had practised more of these habits himself. (He was co-chairman of the merged company until a recent self-demotion) I also hope that in the 7H material, Dr. Covey would obsess less with trademarking every other word. When you get the booklet they promise you, you will see that they have trademarked every other word. Where is your abundance mentality, Dr. Covey? Seriously speaking, the book is a worthy work.
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Summary: If you're serious about change...
Review: In "The 7 Habits"Stephen Covey displays a depth of control and insight which most of us can only dream of possessing. This book is a challenge to those who are serious about making permanent positive change in their life. This very well may be the single most important and most difficult undertaking for anyone who dares stare their ego right in the face and make a change. I have read this book 5 or 6 times and each time I finish I take with me new lessons in life which I can practice on a daily basis. So if you are serious about change ---- I DARE YOU!
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Summary: Aren't I wonderful and smart?
Review: Stephen Covey likes himself more than I could stand. I tossed the book aside after a few chapters and haven't missed it since.
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Summary: Definitely one of the most helpful and important book for me
Review: I first read this book 3 years ago. I have read and re-read its genius many times since. I credit so many of the successes that I have had in life and so much of my happiness to having practiced habits that I have learned from this book. I admit that it is not easy. It will take a lot of work to learn from this book. Its not quick-fix stuff (if that form of improvement even exists). But if you are willing to put in the effort- you can learn so so much from this material. It is beautifully written and contains so many of life's truth. If I could give a friend only one book- I would certainly choose this one. Read it. and use it.
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Summary: Powerful!
Review: This book is one of the rare books that goes beyond entertainment and can actually change your life. I've read it twice and consider it more of a personal handbook now than just another book.
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Summary: Continued greatness
Review: We at my workplace believe in this book and we use it. It is not the answer to every question under the sun, but it gives us a viable direction in which to follow. The stories and thoughts Covey give continue, after all these years, to be applicable. It is a viable book that everyone should consider in their library. We also use in our leader development workshop several books: anything by Blanchard & Covey; and also "The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills."
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