The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R.
Covey When Stephen Covey first released The Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People the book became an instant rage
because people suddenly got up and took notice that their
lives were headed off in the wrong direction; and more
than that they realized that there were so many simple
things they could do in order to navigate their life
correctly. This book was wonderful education for people
education in how to live life effectively and get closer
to the ideal of being a ‘success’ in life. But not
everyone understands Stephen Covey’s model fully well or
maybe there are some people who haven’t read it yet. This
is definitely true because we still see so much failure
all around us. Now I am not saying that by using Covey’s
model or anyone else’s model for that matter you can
become a sure-shot success but at least we should have
seen many more successes around us already judging by the
number of copies the book has sold! So where is the
shortcoming? There are two main problems here and we are
talking only about the people who have read the book
already. The first problem is that most people are too
lazy to implement the ideals of Stephen Covey in their
lives. They consider his masterpiece of a book as a mere
coffee-table book or a book that you use for light reading
when you are traveling and then forget all about it. They
do not realize that this book contains life-changing
information. Or they take the information and do not make
the effort to actually utilize it so that it becomes
knowledge for them. The second problem is that a lot of
people have a myopic view of Covey’s ideals. These are
people who are impressed by the book already. If you ask
them what the seven habits are they can rattle them off
end to end but then they miss the larger picture. They do
not understand that Covey was trying to tell more than he
wrote in words. There are hidden implications in this book
yes and a lot of people have just failed to see through
them. That is what we are trying to do. We are trying to
show you how Covey’s book or rather his model was a
complete model in itself. There was nothing amiss about
it. If you implement it there should be no aspect of your
life that should go untouched. The only thing is that you
have to understand these ideals and try to implement them
in your life. But before we barge into that area it is
extremely important to understand what these ideals are.
What was the model that was propounded by Stephen Covey in
his mega-famous book? We shall begin by trying to
understand his model first and then interpret it in such a
way that it pertains to every aspect of our life