Friday, October 2, 2009

Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People


Author: Stephen Covey

This is among the best self help books available. As I read many books, I tend to classify them into 4 categories -
  • Books that are less interesting and also have less content value - not much worth learning
  • Books such as some story books which are interesting but don't teach a lot
  • Books that are interesting and also provide a lot of value - teach lot of good stuff
  • Books that may seem not that interesting but have huge value. They teach a lot. For instance, during school days, one feels that some subjects are interesting, but some are not. But still they must be learnt, because they have high content value. They teach a lot. I call these books - study books
This book is a study book in self - help. Some parts may feel less interesting, but the content in the book is extremely useful. In many things, it changes the paradigms of the person.

Among the most useful content that I found was
  • Concept of interdependent people
  • Synergy
  • Win/Win solutions
  • Planning based on weekly basis
  • Quadrant II lifestyle
To know more, read the book - just wonderful.

2 comments:

Malina said...

Nice review.I'll read the book as I like reading non-fiction.

Parag Sawaikar said...

Thanks! Yes, do read the book. The author states different paradigm for planning and communication.