The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People

Stephen R. Covey

能给点介绍吗，谢谢

Title:                The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
ISBN :                  0743269519
Author:          Stephen R. Covey
Publisher:        Free Press;
Edition:                 15 Anv edition (November 9, 2004)
Catalog:                Economics eBook
Summary:
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.

本人认为"The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"是一本真正的经典。

其核心思想是所谓的“Inside-out approach”，很有儒家的“内圣外王”的味道。Covey认为技巧性的人格魅力是不能持久的，只有真正的人格修炼可以使人经过范式转变从而表里如一。基于此原理，Covey认为真正的高效率不是简单地学一些管理或商业技巧就可以达到的，它需要修炼7个习惯（Habits）才能实现。只有成为习惯，才能自然地的实施。而这7个习惯又分为三类：1-3是内修，4-6是外用（内圣外王之道），7是不断加强。

内修是基础（Independent）
1。操之在我
2。确立终极目标
3。要务第一

外用是要求对方也是内修过的，否则达不到效率（Interdependent）
4。双赢（多赢）
5。先理解对方，再寻求对方的理解
6。聚合力量 -- 整和体大于部分之和。

7。不断强化以上的习惯。

中译本叫“与成功有约”，似乎没有引起市场注意。中文市场的鉴赏力还不够。

以下的英文可为进一步参考：
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. It has sold over 15 million copies in thirty-eight languages since first publication, which was marked by the release of a 15th anniversary edition in 2004. The book lists seven principles that, if established as habits, are supposed to help a person achieve true interdependent "effectiveness." Covey argues this is achieved by aligning oneself to what he calls "true north"; principles of a character ethic that, unlike values, he believes to be universal and timeless.

A Principled Approach
Throughout the book Covey points to principles as the focus. The book presents the principles as an approach rather than a set of behaviors. The book imparts the principles in four sections.
--Paradigms and Principles. Here, Covey introduces the basic foundation for the creation of the habits.
--Private Victory. Here, Covey introduces the first three habits intended to take a person from dependence to independence, or one's ability to be self-reliant. You must be able to win your private victories before you can start on your public victories. If you start to win your public victories first, how can you feel good about yourself and still work on habits...
--Public Victory. Here, Covey introduces habits four through six which are intended to lead to interdependence, the ability to align one's needs and desires with those of other people and create effective relationships.
--Renewal. Here, Covey introduces the final habit which directs the reader to begin a process of self-improvement.

The Seven Habits
The chapters are dedicated to each of the habits, which are represented by the following imperatives:

• First Habit - Be Pro-active. Here, Covey emphasizes the original sense of the term "proactive" as coined by Victor Frankl. You can either be proactive or reactive when it comes to how you act about certain things. Being "proactive" means taking responsibility for everything in life. When you're reactive, you blame other people and circumstances for obstacles or problems. Initiative, and taking action will then follow. Covey shows how man is different from animals in that he has self consciousness. He has the ability to detach himself and observe his own self, think about his thoughts. He goes on to say how this attribute enables him. It gives him the power not to be affected by his circumstances. Covey talks about 'Stimulus and Response'. Between Stimulus and Response, we have the power to choose the response.
• Begin with the End In Mind. This chapter is about setting long-term goals based on "true-north principles". Covey recommends to formulate a "personal mission statement" to document one's perception of one's own purpose in life. He sees visualization as an important tool to develop this. He also deals with organizational mission statements, which he claims to be more effective if developed and supported by all members of an organization, rather than being prescribed.
• Put First Things First. Here, Covey describes a framework for prioritizing work that is aimed at long-term goals, at the expense of tasks that appear to be urgent, but are in fact less important. Delegation is presented as an important part of time management. Successful delegation, according to Covey, focuses on results and benchmarks that are to be agreed in advance, rather than on prescribing detailed work plans.
• Think Win/Win describes an attitude whereby mutually beneficial solutions are sought, that satisfy the needs of oneself as well as others, or, in the case of a conflict, both parties involved.
• Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood. Covey warns that giving out advice before having empathetically understood a person and their situation will likely result in that advice being rejected. Thoroughly listening to another person's concerns instead of reading out your own autobiography is purported to increase the chance of establishing a working communication.
• Synergize describes a way of working in teams. Apply effective problem solving. Apply collaborative decision making. Value differences. Build on divergent strengths. Leverage creative collaboration. Embrace and leverage innovation. It is put forth that, when this is pursued as a habit, the result of the teamwork will exceed the sum of what each of the members could have achieved on their own. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
• Sharpen the saw focuses on balanced self-renewal. Regaining what Covey calls "production capability" by engaging in carefully selected recreational activities.

恩，这是一本非常经典的书

这本书我还没有看，但是大致扫了一眼，好像跟个人的成功，修养和成长有关
那就不应该属于economic类的吧
这本书是好书   斑竹  还属于在自我成长，修为的阶段 自然倾向对这类书的喜好
但如果斑竹不觉得这样的书不应该算economic中的么？
其实像the unseen head
conspiracy encyclopedia
一个经济杀手的自白  等等 这样的原版  才算在economics中的 好书

斑竹  更应该更客观一些 多给真正属于economics 的好书籍 award

YH兄说的有一定道理。The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 确实不是 econ book。但还可以和管理挂上边儿，所以也就留在“经济管理类 > 英文经典”里了。但并没有对它进行分类，还有不少本类似的书在本版是同样处理的。（本版的明确属于语言学习和数学的书已经和将继续被转到相应的分类区）。

欢迎多推荐和贡献economics中的好书！！

“斑竹还属于在自我成长，修为的阶段 自然倾向对这类书的喜好”似乎过于武断。

“Inside-out approach”，知易行难。切记，切记。

thanks

这本书的中文名为《高效能人士的七个习惯》，或者《成功人士的七个习惯》，也非常流行，常常作为企业内部培训以及个人成功学的参考书。可以从网上查找到中译版。与WeiWei理解不同的是，第7个习惯侧重于强调均衡发展以上6个习惯，作者的框架图中，第7个习惯处于最外层的圆框中，可见有均衡发展的寓义。
一本好书的特点之一是不同的人读了之后，会有不同的感悟和收获。我初读这7个习惯时，印象很深刻的是作者对依赖、独立、互赖关系的辨析。与其他成功学书籍强调自我修养不同，作者认为互赖是成长的最高层次，从“我们”的观念出发，可以自主、合作、集思广益，共同开创伟大前程。读到这里，我好像想到了什么……

I.　　The late Skip LeFauve President, Saturn Corporation/General Motors Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People played a major role in the development of Saturn's operating systems and philosophy. Our commitment to quality and to our customers has its roots in The 7 Habits.
Ken M. Radziwanowski AT&T School of Business Picture someone going through the best experience they've ever had in terms of training -- that's what they say. People credit the 7 Habits with changing their lives, with getting back on track personally and professionally.

　　Revealing a step-by-step pathway for living, this beloved classic that provides powerful yet timeless lessons in personal change celebrates its 15th anniversary with this edition that features a new Foreword and Afterword by the author.

II.　　In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity — principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

　　The beloved classic that provides powerful yet timeless lessons in personal change celebrates its 15th anniversary with this edition that features a new Foreword and Afterword by the author. This beloved book, which reveals a step-by-step pathway for living, is reissued to coincide with the release of Covey's new book, "The 8th Habit."

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People是一本非常好的书,台湾译本<与成功有约>我曾赠送给多个朋友。本书讲的不是普通的商务沟通、管理，而是关于人生的目标和。通过电脑看英文原版,可以享受原滋原味，避免很多查字典的时间。无论从哪个方面讲，这本书都是会影响你一生的书。

谢谢
thank you

The book is extremly the must-read book for every business man.

You could be leap forward after carefully reading.

是本好书，应该看一下！！

好书,很久前就听说了,下来看看!

thanks for sharing!

excellent
good

网上看了些片段，感觉非常不错，虽然只是片段感觉作者确实是言之有物，启发很大

感谢楼主的分享，下载来我要通读一遍