The 7 habits of highly effective people : powerful lessons in personal change /
Seven habits of highly effective people
Stephen R. Covey.
- [Rev. ed.].
- New York : Fireside Press, 1989.
- 358 p. 22 cm.
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 Vision -- Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind -- Principles of Personal Leadership -- Habit 3 Put First Things First -- Principles of Personal Management -- Part Three: PUBLIC VICTORY -- Paradigms of Interdependence -- Habit 4 Think Win/Win -- Principles of Interpersonal Leadership -- Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood -- Principles of Empathic Communication -- Habit 6 Synergize -- Principles of Creative Cooperation -- Part Four: RENEWAL -- Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw -- Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal -- Inside-Out Again -- Appendix A: Possible Perceptions Flowing out of Various Centers -- Appendix B: A Quadrant II Day at the Office -- Problem/Opportunity Index -- Index
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, service, 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.