Wayne's review
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Wayne's review
rating:
bookshelves: one-of-the-best, professional
recommended for: Anyone who is cynical about the book
status: Read in January, 1991
rating:
bookshelves: one-of-the-best, professional
recommended for: Anyone who is cynical about the book
status: Read in January, 1991
I was a presenter at a conference on Total Quality Management and was basing most of my presentation on information I gleaned from The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge... at the end of the presentation I asked people in the audience to tell me if they knew of other books that covered the same issues as Senge and one person came up and told me that he had just read a best seller that explained Senge's theories in a much more accessible way... the book he referenced was The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People... I winced when he mentioned the book, at which point he told me he had the same reaction but irged me to read it... to the best of my knowledge he was not a Mormon missionary, but he was right. The book is practical and insightful at the same time. It draws from "wisdom literature" and management literature and is almost immediately applicable to personal relationships in all settings. I used it to teach seminars in two districts and used it to teach graduate level co...more
I hated this book, but maybe I'll re-read it someday and see if I'm any more receptive to it. Because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't mind being a highly effective person if possible.
