The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

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Previously published: New York : Free Press, c2004.
This edition has a new foreword by Jim Collins, a family tribute by Covey's children, and "A final interview with Stephen R. Covey."
Includes indexes.
Foreword to the 25th anniversary edition / by Jim Collins -- A Cove family tribute to a highly effective father -- Foreword to the 2004 edition / By Stephen R. Covey -- Paradigms and principles. Inside-out -- The 7 habits : an overview -- Private victory. Habit 1 : be proactive : principles of personal vision -- Habit 2 : begin with the end in mind : principles of personal leadership -- Habit 3 : put first things first : principles of personal management -- Public victory : paradigms of interdependence. Habit 4 : think win/win : principles of interpersonal leadership -- Habit 5 : seek first to understand, then to be understood : principles of empathic communication -- Habit 6 : synergize : principles of creative cooperation -- Renewal. Habit 7 : sharpen the saw : priniciples of balanced self-renewal -- Inside-out again -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Possible perception flowing out of various centers -- Appendix B. A quadrant II day at the office -- A final interview with Stephen R. Covey -- Problem/opportunity index.

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Empowering submitted by heapah on July 16, 2018, 10:04pm A very impressive book that forces you to look deep inside yourself and your life. The message is wonderfully empowering.

A Popular, Transformative Book submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on July 12, 2020, 5:10am

"The Seven Habits" is a great example of a book that has inspired thought, reflection, and action towards self-improvement.

The book was first published in 1989, but it's still as relevant as ever.

The seven habits are widespread and almost certainly resonate well with most of us: for me the habit that matters most is to "put first things first"