The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by Stephen R. Covey
View on GoodreadsLasting effectiveness comes from character and principles, not from personality techniques. Covey turns that into seven habits that take you from dependence to independence and then to interdependence, and he describes growth as an upward spiral of learning, committing and doing.
Core ideas
- The private victory: Be proactive, begin with the end in mind, which includes writing a personal mission statement, and put first things first.
- The public victory: Think win-win, seek first to understand and then to be understood, and synergize, with empathic listening at the center of the fifth.
- Sharpen the saw: Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual renewal keeps what you produce in balance with your capacity to produce it, the P/PC balance.
Published1989
Pages372
ISBN9780743269513
ReadNov 2019
