TITLE: The 7 habits of highly effective people
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Year published: January 2000
Type of book: Non- fiction book
Theme: Self improvement or 7 Step to restore the character Ethic.
This book does not literally have a plot because it does not treat of a logical story. The author is trying to make the elements that make people successful in life more understandable. With some concrete example the author builds around Aristotle’s phrase that states: “we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” He goes step by step starting by proving that personal skills can be important only when all other circumstances are met. For example a good worker will not be able to practice his skills if he does not have a job, therefore the existence of the job is more important that the worker’s personal skills. That is what he calls personal and character ethic.
The author also comes up with the concept of:
* Dependence
*independence
* Interdependence
To be interdependent the dependent person need to be independent first. Then the author guides us through our way to be independent and interdependent by indicating us which habit is include in each step.
To pass from dependence to independence, what will lead us to a private victory we will need:
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1. To be proactive: Contrary to reactive people, the proactive one controls his environment. He takes control of his life when reactive people are blaming other for their own mistake or when they could work and make things better. Reactive people undergo when the proactive ones design their life.
2. Begin with the end in mind: another way to say that we should not be a good beginner and a poor finisher. Everything that physically exist was mentally created first that’s why to picture mentally where you want to go, what goal you want to reach can make easier your journey to that point.
3. Put the first thing first: to know what to prioritize, this habit is about time management and organization of your personal life. To each thing its moment.
To pass from independence to interdependence what will lead us to a public victory we will need:
4. To be able to think win-win: because we need others to be successful it is better to look for a reciprocal benefit. To be nice to other, to know how to respect them so they can respect us back.
5. To try to understand first, and then try to be understood. Instead of listening in order to reply.
6. To be able to synergize: we should remain open to others propositions or ideas and to reinforce the concept of unity, and because two head is better that one, he underlined that a whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
It is only after working at the six habits that we could think about what he calls “renewal.’’
The renewal or the self renewal contains only one habit what is:
7. Sharpen the saw: we can say that this habit is the most important one, because it includes the others listed above. It is about renewing your own nature, maintaining yourself in each area of your life what means physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally.
What is fantastic about those habits is the fact that more you are developing them more you see things differently, or even more, larger your point of view become on the world. It is true that to build a character of total integrity is not easy today, but it is possible.
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Analysis
There are so many books today, that we do not know what gender is the most valuable anymore. This book is treating about how to restore the character ethic in 7 steps. It gives details and concrete example on how to apply all those theory in a real life situation. It is even because of it adaptability in real life situation that it will be a good thing to recommend it to anyone at any level of public or private service. This book would be far more effective than any legislation regarding ethical conduct. It is also true that the change or the renewal of ourselves could take longer than we think because it demands a constant work out and a perseverant will.
