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From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide to accessing and encouraging the human potential for greatness.

In the more than twenty-five years since its publication, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has become an international phenomenon with more than twenty-five million copies sold. Tens of millions of people in business, government, and schools have dramatically improved their lives and organizations by applying the principles of Stephen R. Covey’s classic book.

The world, however, is a vastly changed place. Being effective as individuals and organizations is no longer merely an option—it’s a requirement for survival. But in order to thrive, innovate, excel, and lead in what Covey calls the “New Knowledge Worker Age,” we must build on and move beyond effectiveness. In this era of human history, our call is for greatness—holistic fulfillment, passionate execution, and significant contribution.

Accessing the higher levels of human genius in today’s new reality requires a change in thinking: a new mindset and a new skill-set—in short, a new habit. The crucial challenge of our world today is this: to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs. It is what Covey calls the 8th Habit. The 8th Habit is the answer to the soul’s yearning for greatness, the organization’s imperative for significance and superior results, and humanity’s search for its “voice.”

Covey’s books have transformed the way we think about ourselves, our purpose in life, our organizations, and about humankind. Just as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helped us focus on effectiveness, The 8th Habit shows us the way to greatness.

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"Stephen Covey continues to wow us with his new The 8th Habit. As the world's most respected leadership expert, he builds on the foundation of his bestselling 7 Habits and gives a pattern for life that is passionate, makes a difference and leaves a legacy of greatness."
-- Larry King

"The 8th Habit is a marvelous read, a triumph of the spirit and, in my view, Covey's most important work."
-- Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader

"The 8th Habit is a true masterpiece, a must-read. These principles of personal and organizational leadership, when lived, unleash human genius and inspire deep commitment and magnificent levels of service and satisfaction. This book will be my gift to all my associates as required reading for all of my future endeavors."
-- Horst Schulze, former President and COO of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

"The 8th Habit will clearly stand as the crowning achievement of Covey's lifetime of service."
-- Tom Peters, author of Re-imagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age

"Getting results in large companies is a very rare skill and this book captures how to do it."
-- Kevin Rollins, President and CEO, Dell, Inc.

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Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, a leading global training firm.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Press; Reprint edition (November 29, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743287932
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743287937
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.08 x 8.44 inches

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Stephen R. Covey is a renowned leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and co-founder of FranklinCovey Co. He is author of several international bestsellers, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has sold over 20 million copies. He was named one of TIME Magazine's 25 Most Influential Americans. Dr. Covey holds the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair in Leadership at the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023

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I started reading the book. It is very insightful.

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You Get Out What You Put Into It!

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2005

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Much like Harold Stolovitch and Erica Keeps in their great little book, TELLING AIN'T TRAINING, Steven Covey has adopted a unique format for his message. The quotes, the reference to the movies on the enclosed DVD, the mapping to other thought leaders, all point you to make reading this book a very personal experience. It IS about you!

It is a big message Covey shares with us and one that takes some noodling through. The fact that it requires thinking, reflection, and ultimately action may make this a book that everyone has but not everyone is ready for. Timing is everything. You may not need/accept this message at this time, but a some point in time, you will be sitting there reading saying to yourself, "Ah, Hah!" instead of what other reviewers have referred to as, "Duh."

This book is the step beyond just "Sharpening the Saw (effective habit #7). This is about taking your accumulated wisdom/bliss/passion and passing it on to others as well as helping them do the same. It is about legacy, learning, and living. It is a book that requires some maturity to appreciate.

If you are looking for a quick fix, the next big thing, some checklist you can race through, this book is not for you. IF, however, you are looking for something to help you make a significant difference in your life and the lives of others, PLEASE...read, re-read, and - most of all - DO what Stephen suggests.

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Mike Dillemuth

Outstanding Guide for All Potential Leaders

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2016

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All in all, this is a great book. It is well written and easy to follow. In order to reinforce the book’s concepts in my mind, I started writing down the main points in a journal. This journal will now serve as a quick reference guide to the salient points.

Much of the book’s contents are common sense. There is nothing that the reader will view as a new discovery. Instead, Mr. Covey condenses these elements of common sense into an easily understood format. Of course, it’s not common sense if you don’t spend time thinking about this stuff. The author, however, has clearly done a great deal of thinking and studying on this topic.

The book has extremely useful information on such things as how to give employee feedback, how to make a presentation, and how to successfully present yourself in a job interview. I have already tried the book’s methodology on employee feedback with my own staff. We found it to be amazingly effective.

Bottom line: this is an extremely insightful and useful book for anyone in a leadership position. It is easy to read and I have no doubt that every supervisor will walk away from this book with something of value.

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This is okay, but it is too long-winded, not that original, and less enlightening then his original "7 Habits" book.

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2007

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ѾѾѾ Somewhat recommended, with reservations and only lukewarm fuzzies.

When I first read Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book over 15 years ago, I loved that book. It was filled with wisdom and ideas. There are less Aha's, epiphanies, enlightenments in this book, and the writing drags on too slowly through each chapter and the book uses far too many words to swim around some concepts that could be more concisely written. For example, one of my favorite sections in the book is at the very end in "Appendix 1: Developing The 4 Intelligences/Capacities - A Practical Guide To Action". The 20 pages of this Appendix 1 are succinct, concise, filled with little pearl nuggets of wisdom, and I cannot think of a single sentence that is filler material in that section. I am glad that I did not read this "Appendix 1" section at the end of the book first or else I would have thought that the book dragged on even more.

Most of the chapters in this book seem to float around in the general vicinity of a topic with far less purpose, often being repetitive, and I often found myself thinking "where are you going with this?" while I was in the middle of a chapter. Unlike his '7 Habits' book that I finished reading within two weeks, it took me about ten months to finally finish reading this book because I got bored with it numerous times when a chapter got bogged down, oftentimes because I thought the discussion went wandering aimlessly too far off into the deep philosophical jungles or became too repetitive. It is very rare for me to take ten months to finish reading any book. But with this book, I would read one or two chapters, get bored with it, leave it alone for one or two months, and then grudgingly resume reading it later on.

I get the distinct impression that during the 15 years between his '7 Habits' book and this '8th Habit' book, Covey read, considered, and included much more Eastern philosophy into his worldview. There are some good concepts in this book, albeit they are also not original ideas. Finding one's inner voice and passion, and the importance of trust, character, and discipline are well-trodden ground, covered from many different angles by motivational/business/self-help books over the previous 40+ years. Even if you like this repackaging of well-known concepts, you still have to chew through a lot of verbal gristle in this book in order to get to the essential meat of each concept that Covey is trying to convey. This book could have been a far better read if its concepts were distilled down into one third less pages (or even one half less pages in some chapters) because the wording in most chapters is not focused well and the book is in serious need of heavy amounts of editing and rewording.

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ERP

Good read.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2022

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This was such a wonderful book. You honestly don’t have to have read The Seven Habits as it’s almost a different book in itself.

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This book has changed my life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2011

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Stephen Covey is no guru. His ideas aren't new. But his mastery is presenting them in ways that mean something and which inspire you to go and try something new. I found the book very accessible but I also listened to the audio which gives you a different and equally accessible perpective.

I can't recommend this book highly enough. I would say try this one and go back to the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People", his previous work.

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This is one of the best books I've read (twice so far

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2018

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This is one of the best books I've read (twice so far.). Like with good movies: you notice something new every next time you watch it.

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Daniel Felgueiras

Habits will build or ruin your life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2018

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Stephen Covey's masterpiece!
Find your voice and inspire others find theirs. This book is about transition from effectiveness to greatness.
A study book to mature individuals and life changing.

Aurelius Intel

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2018

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Bought from world of book, and was a bargain for the price!!!!!

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2017

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good relevant to the course I was doing

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