Essential reading – The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Reading makes man perfect.

I love reading books and one of my goal is at least I want to read a book without missing any chapters, but I never achieved it. I always borrow books from library, buy book from book shop but never read the whole book, my goal. Recently (one year back) I bought a book called “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. Lot of people may heard about this book and some of you may have read this book, if it so skip reading and move to other work rather than investing your valuable time here.

[Skip - Small story behind the purchase

There are two reasons why did I go for this book,

1. I got a worth of Rs.2000 voucher from our department as we got the second price in the formula CSE competition.  And it is not directly convertible to money, invest on books was the only way to spend it.
2. “Each person on this planet must read this book before they leave the planet” said by one of my friend, so I interested on this book not to read but to get to know the matter behind the above statement.]

Up to now I have read only two pages (first) and surprised with the contents it has, the author provides some example of human life which shows the actual picture of our mind voice…

Some of examples extracted form the book without permission of the author – Stephen R. Covey,

“I’ve set and met my career goals and I’m having tremendous professional success. But it’s cost me my personal and family life. I don’t know my wife and children any more. I’m not even sure I know myself and what’s really important to me. I’ve had to ask myself — is it worth it?”

“There’s so much to do. And there’s never enough time. I feel pressured and hassled all day, every day and seven days a week. I’ve attended time management seminars and I’ve tried half a dozen different planning systems. They’ve helped some, but I still don’t feel I’m living the happy, productive, peaceful life I want to live.”

“I’m busy — really busy. But sometimes I wonder if what I’m doing will make a difference. I’d really like to think there was meaning and purpose in my life, that somehow things were different because I have been here.”

“I see my friends or colleagues achieve some degree of greatness or receive some recognition, and I smile and congratulate them enthusiastically. But inside, I’m eating my heart out. Why do I feel this way?”

“I have a forceful personality. I know, in almost any interaction, I can control the outcome. Most of the time, I can even do it by influencing others to come up with the solution I want. I think through each situation and i really feel the ideas I come up with are usually the best for everyone. But I feel uneasy. I always wonder what other people really think of me and my ideas.”

Are you surprised after reading above statements? Yes  . . . No – Ok never mind

I believe that one of the reader who is reading my post until last word may like this book. If it so give a try to read this book, else at least have a look, it may inspire you to read it.

Happy Reading  :) .