This is my husband's favorite book. Obviously he is more effective than I am.

Dividing my life into squares, writing in those squares the things I have to do, then doing the "most important" may make me effective, but is that my best life?

Choosing to do the things that I want to do rather than the things I need to do, adds interest to my existence. If I take the scenic route, and run out of gas doing it, I find adventure, and often meet AAA wrecker drivers who could write books on their experiences. By forgetting birthdays and anniversaries, I find out who really loves me for myself. By forgetting about the time and shimming the door knob that has been bothering me for weeks, and then remembering that it is time to pick up my child from school, he learns independence and I can cross the darn rattling doorknob off my to do list. It's been driving me nuts.

I am tempted to write the 7 habits of highly haphazard people.

1. Be creative with your to-do list. Add color and doodles. If you can read it, you are not trying hard enough. Lose it.
2. Buy something you will never use, but if you can use it in a unique way (for which it was not intended) do that. (Colanders make great Halloween alien helmets. Add pipe cleaners for antennae.)
3. Set some clocks in your home ahead by a few minutes and some behind for a few minutes. You will learn a great deal about yourself and others.
4. Get a cat. Dogs make you feel important. Cats teach you humility.
5. Relish the wonder of soap bubbles blown in the sun.
6. Take the road that you've always been curious about. See where it goes. Learn how to turn around quickly in tight places.
7. Really listen to a small child as often as possible.

I am enjoying writing this, especially since I have company coming in a few moments and scads of things to do before they get here.

I want to recommend this self-help book to my friends because I am actively practicing the habits, and they are guiding me toward a better life.

Instead of quick-fix solutions, Stephen Covey emphasizes sustainable, long-term growth, encouraging you to work from the inside out.

1. Be Proactive: Take responsibility for your actions and focus on what you can control.

2. Begin with the End in Mind: Define clear goals and outcomes before starting any task.

3. Put First Things First: Prioritize important tasks over urgent but less meaningful ones.

4. Think Win-Win: Aim for mutually beneficial solutions in your interactions and relationships.

5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood: Listen empathically before expressing your views.

6. Synergize: Collaborate effectively by leveraging others' strengths for better results.

7. Sharpen the Saw: Continuously renew yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

I am reviewing this book to help me remember its key lessons and refer to them from time to time.

This book is life-altering ! I read it a second time right after I finished it (yes, it is THIS good). I’ve been recommending it to everyone I know since. A must-read for sure !

Holy cow, this is a book people either hate or they think it's great. There were so many one's. I didn't read the book so I didn't see all the charts. I listened to this in my car and so it was just the writing bits.

What I really enjoy about this book is these habits he describes are based on universal principles. Every religion uses these underlying ideas. They feel universal to me. I really appreciate how he describes win-win. I have not been living in win-win and it made so much sense. I want to begin living life in a win-win mindset. It makes most sense, but will also take the most work. I must confess that I usually avoid conflict and then take the least conflicting way out, usually lose-win for me. I avoid situations I feel I might have conflict so much of the time.

I like the way he talks about paradigm shifts. How you see or perceive a situation will make a huge difference in the way you react to that situation and feel about it. This rings true with everything we study in my school and ways we learn to helps people in clinic. So much of our own misery comes from out we hold a situation. Sometimes, we simply need a new paradigm and he described this way of thinking so well I thought.

I also was drawn to the way he describes deep listening. Deep listening really is powerful. It is one of the biggest tools we have in the treatment to really connect to a person and really hear what they are asking for. I have actually been taught to deeply listen and it is truly a powerful tool to have. You can draw a person out with deep listening like nothing else really.

I felt Stephen gave very practical and useful tools to use and work with to change. They were feel good pie in the sky things. He had real tools. Not a whole lot of advice books do that. I have read many self-help books and I feel like this is one amazing book. I see why it was so popular and has sold so many copies. I had 2 people tell me how good this book was in the last month and that's why I finally picked this up. It's been on my too read list for decades.

For me, what Stephen is talking about here is a way to live at a deep level and work with people intradependently. This is the best way to accomplish great things in this world. I enjoyed how he spoke about dependent and intradependent. I like the word synergy.

This came at the perfect time when I'm trying to get a business started. I need to really work with these principles. I found this super helpful for me personally. IT does sound like a lot of work.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People = The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success---in business as well as personal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.

Be Pro-Active: Take the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.

Begin With an End in Mind: Start with a clear destination to understand where you are now, where you're going and what you value most.

Put First Things First: Manage yourself. Organize and execute around priorities.

Think Win/Win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others.

Seek First to Understand: Understand then be understood to build the skills of empathetic listening that inspires openness and trust.

Synergize: Apply the principles of cooperative creativity and value differences.

Renewal: Preserving and enhanving your greatest asset, yourself, by renewing the physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional dimensions of your nature.

عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: «هفت عادت مردمان موثر»؛ «هفت گام به سوی کامیابی»؛ «تاملات روزانه»؛ نویسنده: استیون آر کاوی؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش بیستم ماه جولای سال 1997میلادی

عنوان: هفت عادت مردمان موثر؛ نویسنده: استیون آر. کاوی؛ مترجم گیتی خوشدل؛ تهران، نشر البرز، سال1375؛ در189ص؛ مصور، نمودار؛ شابک9644420160؛ چاپ دوم سال1376؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، پیکان؛ چاپ هشتم سال1380؛ چاپ نهم سال1381؛ چاپ پانزدهم سال1384؛ در189ص؛ شابک9643280829؛ چاپ بیست و هشتم سال1392؛ چاپ سی و دوم سال1395؛ موضوع موفقیت - خودسازی - جنبه های روانشناسی و خلق و خوی مردمان تاثیر گذار از نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا؛ سده 20م

عنوان: هفت عادت مردمان موثر؛ نویسنده: استیون آر. کاوی؛ مترجم محمدرضا آل یاسین؛ تهران، هامون، سال1376؛ در348ص؛ مصور، نمودار؛ شابک9649146687؛ چاپ دوم سال1377؛ چاپ سوم سال1378؛ چاپ هشتم سال1383؛ چاپ یازدهم سال1384؛ چاپ سیزدهم سال1385؛ چاپ بیست و دوم سال1393؛ موضوع: درسهایی برای دگرگونی خویشتن؛ از نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 20م

عنوان: هفت گام به سوی کامیابی؛ تهران، نشر نی، سال1376، در416ص، شابک9643122743؛ مترجمها: محسن اشرفی؛ مهدی الوانی؛ معصومه پیروز بخت؛

عنوان: تاملات روزانه؛ مترجم: حسن اکبریان طبری؛ تهران، مهرنوش، سال1379؛ در137ص؛ شابک9649133135؛

کتابی است مشهور در مورد مهارت‌های زندگی

این کتاب، تا کنون به سی و هشت زبان، ترجمه، و پانزده میلیون نسخه، از آن در دنیا، به فروش رفته است؛ «کاوی» در این کتاب، با معرفی «هفت عادت»، و آموزش گام به گام آن‌ها، چیزی که زندگی در شمال نام می‌برد را، معرفی کرده، و اخلاق منجر به موفقیت را، به خوانشگر خویش آموزش می‌دهند؛ عنوان ادامه کتاب «عادت هشتم» است؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 29/10/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 27/07/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Great book

Bardzo dużo wartościowej wiedzy i jeszcze więcej tragicznych fragmentów, które najchętniej bym wyciął, a średnia z 1 i 5 to ocena jaką wystawiłem.

+ tytułowe siedem nawyków ma sens, chociaż myślę, że bardziej chodziło tutaj o danie marketingowej liczby w tytule
+ przefiltrowując całość można się naprawdę dużo nauczyć, spojrzeć inaczej na wiele spraw i zwiększyć uważność w codziennych kwestiach
+ ma się poczucie spójności książki jako całej, rozłożenie wywodu w ten sposób ma logiczny sens

- ton w jakim napisana jest ta książka chwilami jest nie do zniesienia
- dziękujemy panu autorowi, że przypomina nam tak często o swojej religii, na szczęście nie pobił tutaj Carnegiego, który leciał po całości w tej kwestii
- przykłady opowiadane w książce są tak bardzo niewiarygodne, że w pewnym momencie mogłem się domyślić jaką anegdotę opowie zaraz autor, żeby pasowała ona do jego tezy

Powiem tak: jeśli nie czytaliście nigdy nic rozwojowego, to jest to bezsprzeczny klasyk i świetny punkt wyjścia. Dla osób bardziej osłuchanych w temacie rekomenduję dużą dozę dystansu!

Valoro realmente positivamente la lectura de los 7 hábitos de las personas altamente efectivas.
Este libro te permite de una forma muy práctica tener claro como comunicarte, priorizar, liderar contigo mismo y con los demás y en conclusión avanzar de forma más equilibrada en la vida.
También nos habla de lo importante que es tener claro como creamos nuestros pensamientos, creencias y consecuentemente nuestras acciones.
Es un libro que ya tiene bastantes años pero es de pura actualidad, algunos de los libros de crecimiento personal que había leído hasta al momento están inspirados en este libro.
Lo recomendaría a todas esas personas que quieren ser mejores, en fin de vivir una vida con sentido y ofrecer algo de valor al mundo.

I don't dislike books often and I don't read self help often. Last year I decided that I wanted to explore new genres and looked around for what was considered a must read in the self help section and found 7 Habits. I'm normally a decently fast reader but this book, at 358 pages, took me 13 months to finish. I couldn't bring myself to read more than a few pages at a time, I just disliked it that much.

It's not that the book itself is horrible. It's just that the information it attempts to teach is what I would humbly call common sense. If you have any sense of self awareness or if you ever reflect on yourself, you probably won't gain anything from this book. If you've gone through a crisis and have no sense of how to continue being a proper human being then maybe this book would be of some help.

The cherry on top of the horrible cake that this book is, is his personal note where he points out that if you don't believe in the power of God and live with those spiritual beliefs, you won't reach anything beyond the animal plane. Basically just ignoring everything else his book discusses because why bother being a good person and practicing these habits if you don't believe in God?

I am a believer in fiction. Constantly pondering over the thousands of stories I have read and been told helps me realize I am not alone, helps me sympathize with those around me, helps motivate me to action when I know disastrous ramifications would follow my current course, helps me maintain a positive emotional homeostasis. With literature, I craft my own path to happiness given an infinite quantity of possible molds.

I am not a believer in salesmanship scams. Marketing seven ambiguous phrases as if they actually were the end-all, be-all of individual well-being - for the sake of turning a profit - is not my cup of tea. Seriously, there's a whole slew of people whose career consists of teaching this book at conferences. This book has gained a pseudo-religious following in many circles. With books like this, I only have one cookie-cutter mold for happiness.

I do not doubt that this book has helped certain people through hard times, and I am aware its advice is not malignant in intent, but I also believe that over seven thousand other books would have helped those people more, had they only read them...

Excuse me as I synergistically sharpen my saw.

I found this book a bit condescending and with too much of a religious feel to it. It also felt a little insincere and manipulative. I remember that everyone was reading it and swearing by it and that the author must have made millions on seminars and the like, but I found it too close to a cultish mentality and was unsurprised when several adepts of the book later tried dragging me in to pyramid schemes like Amway. Empty platitudes are not really incredibly useful. Read GTD instead!

I have read this book several times now. It remains one of the best inspirational books around.