The 7 Habits of Highly Effective

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【Review】

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen R. Covey, was first published in 1989.It's become a best-seller all over the world since its first publication. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, wrote a foreword for the 25th anniversary edition of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and pointed out four factors that contributed to its fame.

1. Covey created a “user interface” organized into a coherent conceptual framework, made highly accessible by Covey’s strong writing;

2. Covey focused on timeless principles, not on mere techniques or momentary fads;

3. Covey wrote primarily about building character, not about “achieving success” ---- and thereby helped people become not just more effective individuals, but better leaders;

4. Covey himself was a Level 5 teacher, humble about his own shortcomings, yet determined to share widely what he’d learned.

To tell the truth, Convey didn’t invent anything new. He blended some well-known rules together and applied them into many walks of life like career, marriage, friendship, etc. In this way, his theory became accessible and won great popularity.

Convey’s theory provided some guidance and comfort for people at sea. It’s not kind of technical method or fashion whose usefulness or attractiveness is temporal.

Convey focused on building character rather than achieving success. Building character can be endless and largely self-control while achieving success may depend on too many uncertain outside factors.

Jim Collins divided leadership into 5 levels. Here he admired Convey to be Level 5, the highest level.

Some people doubt if these 7 habits will be efficient forever. Convey believed that great success is always tied to certain principles.