Creating good habits...

Here's a book review that I wrote awhile ago. Then this week I
bought a copy of the book for a guy I work with, so I thought I would post it and maybe this review will inspire you to have a read, too :)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey

Well, 15 million people made great choices - they bought this book before I did! What can I say... The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People just blew me away....

When this book came out in 1989, everyone was reading it - except me. I
studiously ignored it. After all, what was it going to say that I
didn't already know?

Well, almost 20 years later, there was a lot to learn! And it's as valuable as ever.

The subtitles of this book include: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change,
and, Restoring the Character Ethic. Pretty heavy stuff, right? Wrong.
This is an easy to read, thought provoking book that you can refer back
to at anytime.

Essentially, Stephen Covey has created 7 principles to live your life by. They each build on the previous one, allowing creation of a full life which contributes the utmost to society. The habits are:

• 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

Of course, Stephen has now come out with a book titled 'The 8th
Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness' which is now on my reading
list. However, if you haven't read this book, I sincerely hope that you
do! It's fantastic and will (hopefully) change your life. It's
certainly got me thinking....