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  • By: Stephen R. Covey
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  • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,658 ratings)

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By: Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by: Stephen R. Covey
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Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new foreword and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years.

This audio edition is the first ever unabridged recording of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

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"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is by now one of the best-selling books of all time." (Fortune)

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Meh...didn't leave me all that impressed

Quite frankly, I wasn't blown away by this book. I dont think Covey presented anything life changing and as he admits within this book - he didn't actually invent anything. Maybe my opinion would be different if I read/listened to this when I was younger and still finding my place in the world. None the less, the principles covered are important life skills and everyone should learn them from somewhere - which may or may not be this book.

What Covey did do well was arrange the principals into an easy to understand framework and relate it to every day life. On some occasions though, I feel he made far to much explanation and the end product could have been a much shorter piece of work while still maintaining its effectiveness. If you dont want to listen to 13 hours of this, Covey summarizes the content on his website, freely available to read through in about 20 minutes.

It came off as a little preachy in parts and while Covey is free to have one, religion doesn't really need to be in this book and all of these principles are 100% achievable without it.

I found Covey's reading to be top-notch though. His voice tone wasn't dreary, was clear and even calming, and I could easily listen to him narrate other of his works. The only thing annoying in the presentation was that awful little jingle/harmony they played between sections.

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Timeless Book

In rebuilding our civilisation we need to reclaim the True North principles that made it great. These are based on natural laws that are embodied in human nature.

Key amongst these is recognising people as persons who are ends in themselves and understanding that ultimately we are responsible for our own lives.

In this masterpiece, the Late Stephen Covey takes us through the journey of personal transformation from the inside out. Starting with accepting responsibility for that which we can influence, we design our lives and learn to achieve a private victory. We then learn to engage with others on a win-win basis, learning to understand them and ensure we're understood so that we can build better solutions together.

Last of all, we need to constantly renew ourselves. This is an excellent book.

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Too much examples made me drift away

I didn't like that it wasn't straight to the point. The book kept providing too many examples and it made me as a reader drift away and get distracted. I was really looking forward to reading this book based on the number of reviews. I finished it but it was painful.

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Excellent

loved it. Full of excellent, practical advice on how to manage your day to day life and other people. The best book i have read about management.

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Not a great audio book

This would be better received in hard copy. The audiobook makes it hard to get into the information. It was not a enjoyable listen.

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Life changing

Great book with strategies for every day life. A framework to build a successful and fulfilling life.

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Excellent resource, will listen over and over agai

If you could sum up The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in three words, what would they be?

outstanding, informative must have

What did you like best about this story?

the advise and in depth explanation

Have you listened to any of Stephen R. Covey’s other performances? How does this one compare?

no, but will in the future

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

invest in your future now

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BEST personal development EVER

What did you like most about The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?

All the chapters related to all aspects of my life. The lessons can be applied to life, family, work, parenting, social life, marriage.....EVERYTHING

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Be the best at everything you do

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I started reading this book to improve my work from home business. As it turns out I was able to apply these lessons to all aspects of my life. As a result I am in a space of emotional control as a single working Mum and carer of my aging parents. My part time work reviews are improving exponentially to match my confidence and book application. The part time work from home job I do is improving greatly and putting me in a financially independent position.

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  • Dan
  • 08-10-2016

powerful life changing book

An essential book to read if you wish to thrive in this ever more competitive world.

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Condescending and unapproachable

Appreciate this has been a great book for a lot of people. Whether it is the narrator’s voice or artist use I found it to be very ‘holier than thou’. In the incredibly unlikely event that the author were to see this comment I’m sure he’d accuse me of seeking easy solutions. I prefer to search for skills but think it’s important to build our own frameworks.

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