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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

by Stephen R. Covey

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read in September 2008

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Kristoffer said: " Favorite Quotes:

"Between stimulus and response is our greatest power-the power to choose."

"Seeking to understand requires consideration; seeking to be understood takes courage."

"I do not agree with popular success literature that says self-esteem is Favorite Quotes:

"Between stimulus and response is our greatest power-the power to choose."

"Seeking to understand requires consideration; seeking to be understood takes courage."

"I do not agree with popular success literature that says self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psyche yourself up into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with your true principles and values in no other way."

There have been many self-help books that have emerged throughout the market. However most of them only provide you quick fixes and temporary band-aids just to momentarily ease the pain by telling you what to hear. There are a few books that really compel you to take your life into perspective and look at it in a deeper meaning. This book is one of those. It makes you really contemplate your functions and goals and helps you integrate that into your whole life. Instead of just telling you what to do it instead helps you make a paradigm shift so that you can transcend your situation and look at it in a totalitarian view.

Most importantly, it shows its readers that balance is the key. Balance in interpersonal and intrapersonal aspects are key for effectiveness. But more important is the fact that you know what you want to balance in your life. It begs the questions, "What is important?", "What are my current functions in society?", "How does this affect my environment?"

I know that some people are not very in to self-help books. But I believe that this is not a self-help book. Rather I think its a self-realization book. As what the title says its only for effective people, not successful people. And if your goal is effectiveness rather than efficiency, then this is for you. But I caution every reader that you must be open-minded when reading this book, or else you will not fully grasp its essence.

All in all its a great book. No wonder the university, and many other organizations highly recommend this book to their people. But what really struck me about this book is that it made me realize one thing: to be effective and efficient you must ultimately do the right thing, that is to say with your conscience. It is fundamental in every aspect in each ones life. Anyone can achieve so-called "success". However, to be in harmony with everything in the universe is to live not only a successful independent life but also a successful interdependent life. ...more "

Sep 20, 2008 02:38AM · see review

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Why We're Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love

by Trent Horn

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The Illusion of Choice: 16 ½ psychological biases that influence what we buy

by Richard Shotton (Goodreads Author)

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The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1)

by Thibaut Meurisse

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Kristoffer’s Quotes

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
― Bruce Lee

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“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
― Bill Gates

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, instead of using thought, became possessed by thought.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

tags: power-of-words, wonder

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“To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine...”
― J. Krishnamurti

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