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50-Card Deck Edition - 7 Keys to Success
"You are not your habits-and you can replace old patterns with new ones!" ~Stephen R. Covey
Stephen R. Covey has created a 50-Card deck to explore the ideas of fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. By replacing old self-defeating patterns with new successful habits, you can attain a new level of effectiveness in many areas of your life.
This 50-Card Deck is based on the best-selling book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This book has been translated into 32 languages and is one of the most influential business books of the 20th century.
The first card is quite powerful.
Front: "Take responsibility for your life."
Back: "Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.
Don't we wish that was not true!
These cards are divided up into 7 section:
Be Proactive
Begin with the End in Mind
Put First Things First
Think Win-Win
Seek First to Understand Then to Be Understood
Synergize
Sharpen the Saw
I've met a lot of people who say I should not keep my promises and I'd like to show them the "Make and Keep Commitments" card. Ok, so none of us are perfect and you might have to break promises to keep your sanity. Still, I think I'm less enthusiastic about making casual promises because I know I'll want to keep them. Keeping promises you make to yourself can help you build your self-esteem and therefore you will see more success in your life.
You may actually find that you are already practicing many of these principles. It might seem obvious that we should have goals, but when was the last time we actually wrote them down and figured out which ones we have already achieved? I recently wrote out some goals and one of my goals is to learn to say "no." Yes, I have a problem with saying no.
Some of the cards you might enjoy reading:
"Practice Empathic Listening."
"See the perspective of others."
"Help people in meaningful ways."
These cards will remind you to overcome habitual tendencies that work against your success.
~TheRebeccaReview.com
A great book that restores character and promotes success
This book has been on the best seller lists for over ten years because it promotes and restores character to the individual. Seven Habits is particularly useful for those who place their destiny in the hands of others. The reader must accept personal responsibility for his or her life to get anything out of this book. Dr. Covey provides a logical seven-step plan to achieve success personally, then with others. The book uses diagrams effectively, and the concept sticks. I felt the book was worth the price well before I finished it. I must recommend two more books, both endorsed by Dr. Covey. The first book is Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self. Optimal Thinking shows the reader how to optimize any situation, how to achieve emotional mastery and how to bring out the best in other people. Crucial Conversations shows the reader how to best deal with hot conversations and provides a fail-safe plan to implement. Read all three books!
STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVENESS
Stephen Covey outlines the best strategies for maximum effectiveness in this great book. The fact that this book has remained a best seller for over 15 years should tell you something about the merits of the informmation that it contains.
Highly recommended book.
