Book Byte #8 "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey
Powerful Lesson in Personal Change
7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one if not the main Self-Help book of the 21st Century.
Always ascend the upward spiral.
Acknowledging your successes and committing to further progress are both crucial. Keep track of your accomplishments to stay mindful of your path toward self-improvement. Make a list of the attributes you want to improve, then review your progress each week. Observing your progress will encourage you to keep going and lift your emotions.
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author:
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
“Each of us has many, many maps in our head, which can be divided into two main categories: maps of the way things are, or realities, and maps of the way things should be, or values.”
“As Emerson once put it, “What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:
Stephen Covey is one of the the most successful Authors on Business Leadership of the past Century. His book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was his bestselling book and cemented his status as a Business Icon.
In his book, he looks back on 200+ years of self-help advice and found 2 patterns they all fall into: Personality Ethic and Character Ethic. Personality Ethic refers to success coming from learning certain skills and techniques. Character Ethic is all about working on yourself and your habits to achieve success. A lot of the books focus on gaining skills, so with his book here, he chooses to help with Character Ethics mostly.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People are:
Take proactive control of your response to the world.
Begin every task with a desired outcome.
Prioritize by putting first things first.
Always look for the win-win scenario.
Build stronger relationships by truly understanding others.
Create powerful synergy by fostering the open exchange of ideas.
Make sure you take time for yourself.
Building each of these Character Ethics will ensure anyone’s success, no matter who you are.
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🤝 Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:
Which one of these habits are you the strongest in?
Which one would you say you are the Weakest in?
Share your Goals and what you can do to improve these habits and offer ways to help other people in their Business or Brand within the realm of the Habits you are strong in.