The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

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Book Review on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

In this review you will read about the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen R. Covey. The book will talk about seven habits that are portrayed. These habits are believed to be necessary in order to go through powerful personal change to better oneself, and to help with solving personal as well as professional problems. The following habits are discussed throughout the book, be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win/win, seek first to understand then be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw. Each one of these habits being unique and having its own goal to reach.
Covey discusses habit one as being proactive. This habit is the very beginning in a series of powerful lessons to better oneself, from this habit the rest will follow. This particular habit discusses the principles of personal vision, it discusses how self-awareness enables us to stand apart and examine the way we see ourselves. Self- awareness is our map of the basic nature of mankind. With this habit we also have the social mirror, which explains how humans react according to society. This habit emphasizes pro-activity, how we as human beings are responsible for our own lives. Under this, it explains how reactive people are driven by feelings, circumstances, conditions, the environment, and also how they are driven by carefully considered, selected and internalized values. Covey states that all problems fall into three categories; direct control, indirect control and no control. He theorizes the circle of influence and explains how we are all a part of it; he also gives visuals in the forms of diagrams. These visuals make the circle or influence easy to understand. Over all, habit one of being proactive starts us in a good path, leading us to think about the principles of our personal visions.
The second habit is to begin with the end ...