Title:
The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic
Author:
Covey, Stephen R.
ISBN:
9780671711177
9780671708634
9780684858395
Personal Author:
Edition:
[1st ed.].
Publication Information:
London : Simon & Schuster, 1992, ©1989.
Physical Description:
358 pages : illustrations, 1 form ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published: New York, 1989.
Includes index.
Contents:
Part One: Paradigms and principles. Inside-Out -- The seven habits -- an overview --- Part Two: Private victory. Habit 1: Be Proactive: Principles of Personal Choice -- Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind: Principles of Personal Vision -- Habit 3: Put First Things First: Principles of Integrity & Execution --- Part Three: Public victory: paradigms of independence. Habit 4: Think Win/Win: Principles of interpersonal leadership -- Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood: Principles of emphatic communication -- Habit 6: Synergize: Principles of Creative Cooperation --- Part Four: renewal. Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal -- Inside-Out Again --- Appendices.
Abstract:
In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
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