I will be introducing a summary for a book I found very useful in self-help, “THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE”. I liked the way how the book was written and the juice of experience that you taste in the authors’ thoughts.

The following is a nice introduction for the book written by amazon.com. After that please read quotations for people who read the book.

An Abstract

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges.

Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more.

This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey. --Joan Price

Quotations for people who read the book

At a time when American organizations desperately need to energize people and produce leaders at all levels, Covey provides an empowering philosophy for life that is also the best guarantee of success in business...a perfect blend of wisdom, compassion, and practical experience.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, editor of the Harvard Business Review and author of When Giants Learn to Dance

Winning is a habit. So is losing. Twenty-five years of experience, thought, and research have convinced Covey that seven habits distinguish the happy, healthy, successful from those who fail or who must sacrifice meaning and happiness for success in the narrow sense.

-- Ron Zemke, coauthor of The Service Edge and Service America

With all the responsibilities and demands of time, travel, work, and families placed upon us in today's competitive world, it's a big plus to have Stephen Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People to refer to.

-- Marie Osmond, CEO of an empire of Toys Business

Stephen Covey has written a remarkable book about the human condition, so elegantly written, so understanding of our embedded concerns, so useful for our organization and personal lives that it's going to be my gift to everyone I know.

-- Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader

I have divided the Summary to Four Parts. Please leave this page & go back to click on Part One.

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