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First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There
The innovative time-management principles and techniques introduced in First Things First are presented in an easy-to-use format for daily inspiration, combining insights with effective methods for overcoming bad habits and focusing on people rather than schedules. Original. 125,000 first printing.
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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Stephen R. Covey
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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.
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.
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March 5, 2015
This won’t be a very lengthy review because, quite frankly, I did not discover a great deal in this book.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Stephen Covey has written some popular and powerful books, and I like the idea of having daily, empowering thoughts, but many of the thoughts in this book seem fragmented and incomplete. Perhaps the intention was to provide a simple sentence and have the reader refer to “First Things First” while reading the daily thought (each thought is accompanied by a page number from “First Things First”); however, I think it defeats the purpose of having a pocket-sized inspirational book if you have to schlep the bigger book at the same time.
On a positive note, I do appreciate some of the wisdom contained in this book, including:
1) “Frustration is largely a degree of expectation.”
2) “If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others.”
3) “There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world—no matter how big or small our Circle of Influence.”
If you are familiar with “First Things First” and you want to supplement that information with this book, it might be worthwhile. For those readers who are not familiar with the full-sized book from which these daily thoughts are derived, I think you will find this book lacking in substance.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Stephen Covey has written some popular and powerful books, and I like the idea of having daily, empowering thoughts, but many of the thoughts in this book seem fragmented and incomplete. Perhaps the intention was to provide a simple sentence and have the reader refer to “First Things First” while reading the daily thought (each thought is accompanied by a page number from “First Things First”); however, I think it defeats the purpose of having a pocket-sized inspirational book if you have to schlep the bigger book at the same time.
On a positive note, I do appreciate some of the wisdom contained in this book, including:
1) “Frustration is largely a degree of expectation.”
2) “If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others.”
3) “There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world—no matter how big or small our Circle of Influence.”
If you are familiar with “First Things First” and you want to supplement that information with this book, it might be worthwhile. For those readers who are not familiar with the full-sized book from which these daily thoughts are derived, I think you will find this book lacking in substance.
July 24, 2018
I borrowed this book from my local library so I didn't have the luxury of reading a thought a day for an entire year. Although this book has valuable advice I would suggest reading his previous books
( something I haven't done as yet) Principle-Centered Leadership and First Things First before getting this book in order to get the full value out of it.
( something I haven't done as yet) Principle-Centered Leadership and First Things First before getting this book in order to get the full value out of it.
January 2, 2020
A brief reflection each day. Covey has a message worth mulling over.
For example: "The power of transcendent vision is greater than the power of the scripting deep inside the human personality, and it subordinates it, submerges it, until the whole personality is reorganized in accomplishment of that vision."
For example: "The power of transcendent vision is greater than the power of the scripting deep inside the human personality, and it subordinates it, submerges it, until the whole personality is reorganized in accomplishment of that vision."
May 19, 2010
Glorified page-a-day calendar. And yes, I know I complained that First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy needed a strong editor... but in my opinion this was too condensed. An excerpt a day does not a book make.
June 23, 2008
Here's another daily reader, this time from First Things First. It serves its purpose, to remind you of concepts that you've already read in the book.
July 3, 2016
Probably serve better as at daily calendar but there were definitely a few gold nuggets in it that were not in the First Things First book or at least much more powerfully stated so they stood out.
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October 17, 2011Bought this as a 2nd hand book.. 50 cents... will read it...
August 12, 2008
This one gets re-read, a page a day, nearly every year.
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