"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" Book Review
Daniel Crosby • October 9, 2024
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey is one of those classic must read self-help books. It’s a book about how to win at work and at life.
Covey’s main idea in the book is that to change our lives, we must first change ourselves. To change ourselves, we must change the way we look at the world and others, a perspective shift.
The 7 habits are mostly common sense, but as we all see out in the world everyday, common sense isn’t very common anymore is it?
With our devices and deadlines vying for more of our attention, self-discipline seems to have all but disappeared. Covey challenges us to take back control of our noisy world around us and be more of a proactive thinker than a reactive responder.
How to manage our priorities, negotiate, make the most of the time we have, listen well, and take care of ourselves seem like age old principles, yet none of us seem to have perfected them yet.
So, go grab this one. If you’re a business leader, employee, or just a person who interacts with other people, you’ll find practical tips for a better life in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey.
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“The Needs of the Heart” by Chip Dodd is a book that will blow your mind. When I picked it up, it’s a very small thin book. Less than 100 pages. I assumed I’d breeze through it in a couple of hours. About a month later I finished digesting it. The truth is we cannot fully live the life God has called us to unless we acknowledge that we do have needs, that these needs are good, and discover the healthy ways of meeting these needs. Chip takes common human needs like Security and Accomplishment and he unpacks what they really are pointing us to in his typical concise but brilliant depth. There’s no fluff here. With chapters just 3-4 pages each, you’re going to want to have a highlighter ready to underline, to ponder these topics, and maybe then to discuss them with someone you know and trust. You’ll come away from this book with a deeper sense what is already fulfilled within you and ones that might be lacking where you need to go do a deep dive with a lot of prayer and introspection. If you liked Chip’s book “The Voice of the Heart,” this is one is your next read. Go grab “The Needs of the Heart” by Chip Dodd.
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