Book Review: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Stephen Covey's book is one of the wonders of present day mindfulness making. It has sold a million copies each year since its release in 1989, has been changed over into 32 lingos, and structures the academic start of a broad association. Covey’s book struck a nerve because it showed many people what genuine responsibility was about. To blame ‘the economy’ or ‘my employer’ or ‘my family’ for our troubles was useless. To have fulfillment and personal power, we have to decide what we will take responsibility for, what is in our ‘circle of concern’. Only by working on ourselves could we hope to expand our ‘circle of influence’. The author talks about the need of positive paradigm shift from character ethic to personality ethic in the US society. Our paradigm, according to author, gyrate around our attitude, and behavior and shape our relationships with others. Human society needs mini paradigm always for behavior improvement. Here paradigm lies in eyes of the beholder. It refers to perception to see the world. What we see, we get a print of it in our mind. He cites many examples of managers /evidences to convey the understanding of phenomenon.

1. Be proactive. Every step in life leads you towards a new opportunity. If you want to produce desired results, do the things differently and be ready well before time to face challenges of life. Life is a happening. For every happening, it is not fair to blame the older generation and genetics for their bad habits rather it is the time to take on the responsibility to hold reins of the time and pave way for future generations. Pro-activism is a kind of initiative that blocks blame theory. If human initiative and sense of responsibility combine together, better decision making will result in.
2. Begin in light of the end. It clearly means to keep in mind the ultimate goal of your life; it states victory at a good price. There should be clear definition for success in your mind. All things are created twice; first mentally and then physically.
3. Put as a matter of first importance. Learn to put the most important work in the first priority and learn to say 'NO' politely. Stop wasting time on unnecessary things and start giving more time to family, health etc.
4. Think win/win One person's success does not ought to mean other persons failure, we need to learn to create balance in the situation which gives satisfaction to both, though every time it is not possible but understanding what others need and what I need and then reacting would mean actually lead to Better end.
5. Hope to see, by then to be grasped. Without sensitivity, there is no effect. The main problem is communication among people which destroys every relation. True blue listening gives important mental air to the following individual, opens a window on to their soul.
6. Synergies. . Helpful vitality results from the movement of the different affinities. When you have big goals in your life you need synergies in order to have quality success.
7. 'Sharpen the saw'. We need to alter the physical, significant, mental and social estimations of life. Before doing anything it’s important to understand the core need of the situation, reacting before understanding will only lead to temporary success or failure.

It has been said that Covey's seven affinities are just sound judgment. Isolated they may be, yet gathered in that gathering and with the objectivity of govern centeredness to encourage them; they can make the agreeable vitality that Covey celebrates. The 7 Habits gives peruses the strategies for changing the little to change the enormous.