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7H

ABITSOF

H

IGHLY

E

FFECTIVE

P

EOPLE

Author:

StephenCovey

Publisher:Simon&SchusterNewYork

DateofPublication:1989

ISBN:

0-671-66398-4

s:

360pages

AbouttheAuthor

StephenCovey

sco-founder/vice-

chairmanofFranklinCoveyCompany,aleading

s

perhapsbestknownastheauthorof

The7

HabitsofHighlyEffectivePeople

,whichis

rankedasaNo.1bestsellerbythe

NewYork

Times

,havingsoldmorethan13millioncopies

madeteachingprinciple-centeredlivingand

principle-centeredleadershiphislife'swork.

!

In2002,

Forbes

named

The7Habits

ofHighlyEffectivePeople

oneofthe

top10mostinfluentialmanagement

booksever.

lsoauthoredthebook

Principle-CenteredLeadership

,with

salesexceedingonemillion.

FirstThingsFirst

,co-authoredwith

l,

doubledthefirst-yearhardcover

salesof

The7HabitsofHighly

EffectivePeople

inthesametime

omillioncopieshave

&Schuster

expressedtheopinion,"...

First

ThingsFirst

isthebest-sellingtime

managementbookever."

'sbook

The7Habitsof

HighlyEffectiveFamilies

was

releasedinOctober1997andranked

fourthonthe

NewYorkTimes

list

withinthreemonthsofitsrelease

eNo.1bestselling

newestbooksare

TheNatureof

Leadership

,co-authoredwithRoger

MerrillandDewittJones,and

Living

the7Habits:StoriesofCourageand

Inspiration

.

WisdominaNutshell

Doyouchangetheworld,ordoyouchangeyourself,andthewayyouview

theworld?Inthisbook,StephenCoveytalksaboutpowerfullessonsin

personalchangeandarguesthatthepersonalpremisetowardsthepathto

tioniskeytopersonalchange.

Changeisacatalystforcontinuousimprovement,andwithoutchange,

improvementcannottakeplace.

Toeffectchangeonemustassesspersonalprinciplesandparadigmsthat

plesandparadigmsgoverna

personsoanhonestandcarefulassessmentiscalledfor.

TheSevenHabitsofHighlyEffectivePeoplepresentsan“inside-out”

approachtoeffectivenessthatiscenteredonprinciplesandcharacter.

“Inside-out”meansthatthechangemuststartfromwithin,movingthrougha

paradigmshifttowardsanewlevelofthinking,feeling,andempowered

interdependencereflectedthroughactions.

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7H

ABITSOF

E

FFECTIVE

P

EOPLE

ByStephenCovey

KeyIdeas

Change:InsideOut

Formostpeople,changeisaneasythingastheir

perceptionofchangeisanchoredonthesuperficial

ixes,

however,donotaddresstheunderlyingchronic

whowanttochangeasituation

hange

themselveseffectively,theymustfirstchangetheir

perceptions,inner-valuesandethics.

whenfrustratingconditionsarise.

TheParadigmShift

Aparadigmisalsosubjecttochangeandwhenthis

happens,ens

becauseapersongainsbetterinsightandseesthe

sarypre-requisite

foraparadigmshiftisanopenmindandawillingness

tounderstandandexplorenewthings,meanings,

andsymbolsinthelightofadvancementand

changingcircumstances.

alityEthics

Characterethicsillustratethestrugglesofapersonto

incorporateprinciplesandhabitsintohislifestyle.

Characterisperceivedtocomprisethedeeper

principlesandfoundationsofsuccesssuchas:

courage,integrity,justice,hic

professesthatcertainprinciples,onceintegratedin

thebasiccharacterofaperson,willallowhimto

experiencethetrueessenceofsuccessand

happiness.

Personalityethiclargelycharacterizedtheliterature

onself-improvement,psychologyandpersonality

developmentinthe1970'hicattributes

successtovariouspersonalitytraitssuchasskills,

techniques,andmaintainingapositiveattitudein

humaninteraction.

Personalhabitsshape

humancharacter.

ANewLevelofThinking

Tofindcreativesolutionstoproblems,onemusthave

ahigherlevelofthinkingandacknowledgethefact

thatfundamentalproblemscannotbesolvedata

ok

espousesanewlevelofthinkingthatisprinciple-

centeredandcharacterbasedwithan“inside-out”

approachtogainingeffectivenessatboththe

personalandinterpersonallevel.

PowerofaParadigm

Paradigmsaretheoreticalandphilosophical

frameworkormodelsthatserveasthelensthrough

ctsaperson's

gmsaretheplatform

ethe

sourceofpeople'sperceptionsandinterpretations.

StephenCoveytalksaboutparadigmintermsofa

gmsaremapswhereterritoriesare

notthe

territorypersebuttobeabletonavigatethrougha

territoryonemustemploythehumantoolsof

nmayhavetheright

attitudetogoaboutaterritory,butifthepersonis

usingthewrongmap,thenhemaynotgetanywhere

asapersonisequippedwith

therightmap,andcoupledwithproperbehaviorand

rightattitude,thegoalwillalwaysbeattainedeven

ADefinitionofHabit

Inthebook,habitisdefinedastheinterspersedarea

betweenknowledge,tanyof

thethreeorwithoutapointofintersection,habits

dgepertainsto“whattodo

andthewhy.”Skillreferstothetechnicalknow-how

whiledesireisthespringofmotivationwithina

person,theareathatstrivestowanttodosomething.

Knowledge,skillanddesirearethreefactorsthat

bringabouthumanhabits;habitsthatbecome“lived”

principlesandpatternsofbehavior.

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