Stephen R. Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Eff People pdf

How to Use This Book
Before we begin work on the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I would like to 
suggest two Paradigm Shifts that will greatly increase the value you will receive from this 
material.
First, I would recommend that you not "see" this material as a book, in the sense that it is 
something to read once and put on a shelf.
You may choose to read it completely through once for a sense of the whole. But the 
material is designed to be a companion in the continual process of change and growth. It 
is organized incrementally and with suggestions for application at the end of each habit 
so that you can study and focus on any particular habit as you are ready.
As you progress to deeper levels of understanding and implementation, you can go back 
time and again to the principles contained in each habit and work to expand your 
knowledge, skill, and desire.
Second, I would suggest that you shift your paradigm of your own involvement in this 
material from the role of learner to that of teacher. Take an Inside-Out approach, and read 
with the purpose in mind of sharing or discussing what you learn with someone else 
within 48 hours after you learn it.
If you had known, for example, that you would be teaching the material on the P/PC 
Balance Principle to someone else within 48 hours, would it have made a difference in 
your reading experience?
Try it now as you read the final section in this chapter. Read as though you are going to 
teach it to your spouse, your child, a business associate, or a friend today or tomorrow, 
while it is still fresh, and notice the difference in your mental and emotional process.
I guarantee that if you approach the material in each of the following chapters in this 
way, you will not only better remember what you read, but your perspective will be 
expanded, your understanding deepened, and your motivation to apply the material 
increased.
In addition, as you openly, honestly share what you're learning with others, you may be 
surprised to find that negative labels or perceptions others may have of you tend to 
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disappear. Those you teach will see you as a changing, growing person, and will be more 
inclined to be helpful and supportive as you work, perhaps together, to integrate the 
Seven Habits into your lives.