The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
A candid book review
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 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. The book covers the idea that real success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness.
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. We all have our paradigm or understanding of the world. Our paradigm is the lens that we view the world through.
We are always projecting our perception and intentions on other’s behavior, whether we mean to or not. People see the world not as it is but as they are. This is the beautiful and terrible thing about the world. If we’re willing to accept the fact that people view the world differently, we can learn so much more about the world then being completely shut off to new ideas. This doesn’t mean you have to agree with them. You can simply seek to understand that person.
Covey also dives deep into the concept of “The way you see the problem is the problem.” We talk to ourselves constantly. Most of the time, we don’t realize it, but our internal dialogue runs at approximately twelve hundred words per…
