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Steve Forbes President and CEO of Forbes and Editor In Chief of "Forbes" Magazine Stephen Covey has long been a sure-footed guide to those desiring to better themselves. "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness" shows how to climb to the summit of fulfillment and achievement.
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In the 7 Habits series, international bestselling author Stephen R. Covey showed us how to become as effective as it is possible to be. In his long-awaited new book, THE 8th HABIT, he opens up an entirely new dimension of human potential, urging us beyound effectiveness towards true personal greatness. All of us, Covey says, have within us the means for greatness. To tap into it is a matter of finding the right balance of four key human attributes: talent, need, conscience and passion. At the nexus of these four attributes is what Covey calls voice -- the unique, personal significance we each possess. Covey exhorts us all to move into the realm of greatness -- and he shows us how to do so, by engaging our strengths and locating our powerful, individual voices. Why do we need this new habit? Because the world has changed profoundly since THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE was originally published in 1989. The challenges and complexity we face today are of a different order of magnitude. We enjoy far greater autonomy in all areas of our lives, and along with this freedom comes the expectation that we will manage ourselves, instead of being managed by others. At the same time, we struggle to feel engaged, fulfilled and passionate. Tapping into the higher reaches of human genius and motivation to find our voice requires a new mindset, a new skill-set, a new tool-set -- in short, a whole new habit.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Stephen Covey's book "The 8th Habit" contains a lot of very good ideas but is rather padded. This audio CD provides a very useful summary of the key points in the book. Although it is still a bit preachy at times, it does avoid most of the homely self-indulgent anecdotes of the book. The audio CD though, has one major weakness in my view - it doesn't spend enough time on what I feel is the most important feature of the book - the 4 Roles of Leadership. Barely 10 minutes of the CD covers this vital development plan for 21st century leaders(and that coverage is fairly poor). So read the book, reinforce the key points with the CD, and skim the book again focussing on the leadership aspects. That should help you get to grips with the material.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been through the 7 Habits and First Things First, now I'm on the 8th Habit. Boy—is this dull! This is mostly a re-hash of the 7 Habits with more of a focus towards teams, leadership and businesses. As someone who works mostly on my own and not in a team, this book did not seem overly relevant to those in a similar position.
There are a few new ideas in here but not many. The short films are a nice touch which helps to break things up a little. I listened to this while out walking so couldn't just stop and watch them when instructed.
Ironically for a book about “finding your voice,” I found Mr Covey's voice extremely dull, lifeless and uninspiring—not a patch on Tony Robbins’ level of excitement—I often felt myself wandering off into a daydream while listening and then having to rewind to see if I had missed any astounding revelation (which for the most part, I had not).
A manual for greatness, this is not—a cure for insomnia, quite possibly.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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The 7 Habits was magnificent. The Power of the 7 Habits was somewhat of a 'cashing in' from a public hungry for more. At first listen I thought the 8th Habit was more of the same.
Certainly Covey uses more sales pitch, repeatedly reassuring people that others have found this stuff useful. The 7 Habits stood on it's own two feet and this initially appeared to flounder. After the second and third listen however I started to be able to get into the material. The message of this book is more complicated and therefore the sort of catchy sound bites of the 7 Habits were harder to generate. A number of the concepts are articulated with such clarity and economical use of words so as to be very impressive in context.
The tone of this is more overtly evangelical than the earlier work. The final sentence has an undisguised religious message which IMHO weakens the non affiliated altruistic humanism that runs through his earlier work.
The message of the 8th Habit deepens (to use a 'Covey' word) the understanding of the 7 Habits concepts but almost by necessity the 8th Habit cannot propel your thinking forward in the way his previous work did.
Most people who might be considering getting this audiobook will be 'knowledge workers' and some will be at a crossroads trying to make sense of their place within their workplace. For those I couldn't recommend this highly enough. As someone who works as an executive coach this offered me insights and new paradigms that I hadn't previously understood as well as I do now.
Impressive as it is though, the brilliance of the 7 Habits makes this excellent audiobook seem ordinary in comparison. Get the 7 Habits first. Get to know it and after several listens get the 8th Habit.
Finally, unless you walk the walk suggested this stuff is just fancy talk.
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happy
All well arrived in two days of order. Seems to be a combination of 7 Habits plus one so will work well for me
Published 4 months ago by Ruth
Great build on previous books
I am still digesting the recommendations and insights from this book, but safe to say, that this is an excellent build on the previous books and the supporting materials on-line... Read more
Published 7 months ago by BobP
Unbelievable book!
For anyone who found the 7 Habits of Highly effective people life altering, I highly recommend this book. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andrew
This book has changed my life
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. Read more
Published 17 months ago by simonsimple
Best Personal and Business Development book ever - Bar One.
This book is an extension of all the principles Dr Covey has ever addressed in his earlier books - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First and... Read more
Published 19 months ago by D. C. Palmer
Motivational
Good material recommended for those who seek a productive change in their personal and professional lives.
this is leadership stuff;
this is leadership stuff;
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by S. Emmanuel
Disappointing, vague, meandering
It's hard to believe this was written by the same man who produced the 7 Habits. While the latter was in some ways ground breaking, the 8th Habit is dull and turgid. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2009 by sadgrove
Some valuable cherries of wisdom in this fruit cake of a book
Having found Stephen Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" an extremely useful tool for organising my life, I really looked forward to what might lie in store with this... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2008 by John Joyce
Whats new?!
I love this guy and am a huge fan of his earlier works, but I can't help feeling he's just running out of steam, and is repeating himself now. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2005 by Mr. E. J. Allen
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