One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated listeners for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents - millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this 30th anniversary edition of the timeless classic commemorates the wisdom of the 7 Habits with modern additions from Sean Covey.

The 7 Habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work! With Sean Covey’s added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 Habits will be refreshed for a new generation of leaders.

They include:

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit 4: Think Win/Win

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. 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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13 hours and 4 minutes
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Stephen R. Covey
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Stephen R. Covey
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December 28, 2003
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English
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Simon & Schuster Audio
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B0006IU4C0
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Listening Length	13 hours and 4 minutes
Author	Stephen R. Covey
Narrator	Stephen R. Covey
Audible.com Release Date	December 28, 2003
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0006IU4C0
Best Sellers Rank	#56 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1 in Business Management (Audible Books & Originals) #1 in Business Management (Books) #1 in Business Motivation & Self-Improvement (Audible Books & Originals)

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Tracy Liu

If you are an intellectual, don’t waste your time on this book

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2019

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Bought this book for my class, and it was painful to read. Reading the book is like reading Instagram inspirational posts. Don’t really have to use your brain when you read it because basically the author is just going circle and repeating himself while making up new words to make it seem fancy. His argument is very poorly supported. The 7 habits mentioned are what HE THINKS effective people have. He even used bible character to support his points of view, so....Good for people who are lost and need directions. But if you are intelligent, you probably already knew most of the things the author says.

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Claudia Pino

Timeless wisdom

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2018

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This book gives you an understanding of how to live a life based in principles. With every chapter you grow from inside out. The precious teachings contained here will resonate with you, because they make all the sense in the world, and you'll notice you can apply them in every aspect of your life. It's wonderfully written, very clear and easy to understand and incorporate in your life. It has helped me in my marriage, my career, my friendships, my family. I go back to it every now and then, and it always feels right, contemporary, and accurate.

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Educational read for anyone wishing to gain respect and admiration of others.

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2021

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This book is one I read more than twenty years ago. At that point in time, I was already exercising the seven habits this book mentions. I highly recommend this book to any young person wishing to make a positive first and lasting impression on others.

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Mike

An excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2004

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The way the author has deconstructed human development and potential is insightful. The author's view is that people first develop a triumvirate individual competances and skills.

1) Be Proactive.
2) Begin with the End in Mind.
3) Put First things First.

Once they have mastered this they can then accelerate the results they achieve by mastering 3 more skills that enable them to enable others.

4) Think win-win.
5) Seek first to understand.
6) Synergize.

Encompassing these 6 habits is the seventh habit which is

7) Sharpen the saw.

Though the some of the ideas are a little trite or naive together they form a good toolset.

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Sir Bowen

Much more than a book on effectiveness

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2001

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I almost had to be forced into reading this book. From the title, I expected it to be Yet Another Book On Success.
After reading it, I found myself energized by the insight of the book - not on the topic of "success", but on real personal growth.
Much of the value of the book is the perspective change that it offers; even a single reading will have you seeing things in a different light. For those that care to, there are also concrete exercises for putting this new perspective into everyday practice.
I also recommend "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families" by the same author.

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L. David Marquet

Changed my life.

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2012

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Stephen had a tremendous impact not only on my life, but through me, on the lives of those I had the privilege to lead. It started indirectly, when, after a period of reflection and tough going I discovered the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The overall approach of private victory then public victory, describing our growth as proceeding from dependence through independence to interdependence struck me as incredibly simple yet powerful. I applied what I learned to my life immediately.

Later, when assigned to command the USS Santa Fe, I applied his 7 Habits approach at the organizational level. I gave every officer and chief who reported a copy of his book. We would have seminars discussing the various habits and the application of those habits made Santa Fe a more effective submarine.

It turned out that Stephen was doing some work for the navy and learned about what we were doing on Santa Fe. He expressed an interest in riding the ship and the navy set it up. We were scheduled to conduct a one-day transit from the port of Lahaina on the neighboring island of Maui back to Pearl Harbor. This would be a perfect time for him to ride. It was also when we had set up a family member cruise and were expecting about 80 family members to ride as well.

I was apprehensive about having both events at the same time. I thought the presence of the family members would present a distorted picture of how Santa Fe operated. Further, I wasn't sure how I'd appropriately apportion my time between running Santa Fe, Stephen, and the family members.

It worked out perfectly! Stephen was working on a book for families and held a special talk just for the family members. His message was that they played a critically important role in the success of the ship and placed high value on family. It was a win-win.

Stephen spent the entire day onboard, talking with crew members, looking through the periscope and driving the ship. He was tremendously interested in the people, and how they worked together. Everyone he talked to felt better about themselves afterward, especially me.

He remained interested in how Santa Fe did and was happy to hear of the subsequent successes the ship had, including the selection of 9 of the officers for submarine command. I was honored that he included USS Santa Fe in his book, The Eight Habit, and agreed to write the foreword to Turn the Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level

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Aimara

You want to keep listen to every chapter of the book...

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018

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Every chapter is full of valuable information that you can use right now; and, that is what i like the most about this book. It combines the theory with the practice and provides you with simple steps to put into practice what you have learned. I highly recommend it.

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Sean Reyes

Great foundation for anyone to build off of

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2004

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I would consider myself young at 20, and discovering this book has changed my life. It provides a great foundation for communication with the people you work with and love. I've given this book as gifts numerous times, and i've read it numerous times myself, always coming out with something new.
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to change their direction in life, to get to where they want to be, and become the person they've dreamt of.

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This book helped me rewrite my life.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2018

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Motivational books and these self-help related material are never something that worked with me when I seek inspiration or help or something to resonate with.

This book, however; even if I needed to 'endure' an unconvincing start, was revolutionary in helping me rewrite my life, help find purpose and deal with my mental health issues also.

I would summerise this book as: ''applied, logical wisdom'.

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Justin Ferrari

An honest review

Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2018

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I have just completed the most popular and widely-recognized self-help book ever written. Its impact and cultural relevance is real; even non-readers acknowledge it after a glance at its cover.

To be frank, I was not blown away by this book. Yes, there are tidbits of wisdom, but they are scattered sparingly in a seamless array of personal anecdotes, mixed with lengthy phrases in no way aiding what was originally a bald point.

I recovered from the book two very important points which could bring value to most intellectuals: a potential new time-management schedule built on a weekly framework which I will definitely try! The second stresses the essence of self-improvement through continuous reading to live life in crescendo as Mr. Covey so magnificently put it.

I did find the 7 habits to be applicable and relatable. I saw my own values and principles in most of them. Maybe I just did not enjoy the dry writing style and the over-usage of anecdotes. I was maybe hoping for more deep-diving in philosophical which ironically begins to appear at the end of the book in the Final Interview with the author. Overall, I give it 3 stars.

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MSZ

I found it a bit boring to be fair and too much full of biblical ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2018

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Some interesting suggestions for sure, I found it a bit boring to be fair and too much full of biblical and religious references

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Gavin Deadman

Great book, highly recommend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2020

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Fantastic book by Stephen R. Covey

If you're into self-improvement I couldn't recommend this highly enough.

Four generations of time management:

1st generation - notes and checklists

2nd generation - calendars and appointment books

3rd generation - important idea of prioritisation, of clarifying values, and of comparing the relative worth of activities based on their relationship to those values

4th generation - recognises that "time management" is really a misnomer-the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves

5th generation - tbc

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Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2018

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Absolutely love this book, so happy I bought it. There are hundreds of books with similar messages out there now but this is one which i'll continue to read and revisit. The messages relate to all aspects of life with relatable content and stories. I have started to act on some of the principles straight away with immediate results

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