The 7 Habits On the Go: Timeless Wisdom for a Rapidly Changing World

by Stephen R. Covey, Sean Covey

1 pages, Audio CD

Published March 1, 2021

About the author

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Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University (USU) at the time of his death.

Reviews

[Bader Dabbagh · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the book to be less enjoyable for several reasons. Firstly, it suffered from an overuse of repetitive phrases such as "when you have a problem" and "ask yourself," which made the reading experience monotonous. Additionally, the author's practice of appending their name at the end of each paragraph, seemingly to assert ownership, appeared gratuitous and significantly extended the length of the book, which was a source of annoyance for me.

[Eloise · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s a short book but I don’t think it’ll be finished by me. I’m all for having book like this for reminders and in a simplified easy to digest form but the simplified language caused the author to repeat some phrases which irked me more than it probably should. There is nothing revolutionary about the 7 habits, it’s just a rinse and repeat of other books really.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the end it's helpful rather than having naught read it. I'd recommend making sure you've read the main book first though, which gives more detail and elaboration on the points mentioned in this abridgement.

[Juliette · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad per se, but mostly generalized knowledge. I found the book : Atomic Habits by James Clear much more applicable.

[Robin Weser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lacks the depth of the actual book (obviously), but still serves as a great refresher with good questions and exercises.

[❀ Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A reminder of the 7 habits to discus on what is important.