I do believe that Covey's advice is good, but I find it hard to imagine how it is deserving of such praise. If the book's title was "Seven values for becoming well-balanced" that would have gained the book one full star in my opinion, up to three. What Covey lists can hardly be called "habits" in any behavioural sense of the word. He came up with an arbitrary set of reasonable values which he believes constitute a decent and well-balanced person, and artificially coerces them into a coherent ideology. Did Covey first define what a highly effective person is, gather a large set of people who fit the definition, and search for what habits they had in common? No. As others have noted, it implies there was underlying research carried out by Covey. It's rare that I feel negatively towards a well regarded book, but it wouldn't be fair if I kept my opinion on "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" to myself. I also have no idea why I am in the minority in this opinion. I have no idea how this book became a classic bestseller. Common-sense wrapped in arcane ideas and language
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