The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

Paperback, 384 pages

English language

Published Aug. 23, 2013 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:: 978-1-4711-2939-1

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges.

Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more.

This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts …

This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey. --Joan Price

10 editions

Sam Clemente reviewed The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

Great "In the Weeds" Kind of Book

5 stars

I feel like if Feel Good Productivity were Swift, then Atomic Habits is C++ and this is good old fashioned C (If I were to continue this analogy, then the ancient Stoics would likely be Assembly)

It really gets to the root of most of the productivity and management books I've read in my life, breaking it down into some of its most atomic parts.

Covey spit facts on every page and I really enjoyed reading this one.

I feel like if Feel Good Productivity were Swift, then Atomic Habits is C++ and this is good old fashioned C (If I were to continue this analogy, then the ancient Stoics would likely be Assembly)

It really gets to the root of most of the productivity and management books I've read in my life, breaking it down into some of its most atomic parts.

Covey spit facts on every page and I really enjoyed reading this one.

tiff reviewed The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

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1 star

Synergy is a terrible buzzword.

I listened to a few chapters and decided this kind of "wisdom" really wasn't wisdom at all, just prepackaged, pre-Deepak Chopra nonsense.

But Stephen Covey is the man for keeping this machine running, even after his death with The 5 Choices, a reboot of this tripe for the digital age with three annoying narrators and a truckload of shite.

$$$$$$. That's what this book is about.