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Manipulative trite reading, Oct. 8 2002
A year ago when I was in high school I was assigned to read this book in english. I would like to officially say that nobody enjoyed it in the classroom. It depresses me that people fall for Covey's empire. The whole book is built around what is in Covey's brain: money. Franklin Covey's company revolves around these books and their scheduling books. Half this book is dedicated to the importance of scheduling in your life, concidence I think not. Self help books have never been a source for inspiration. If anything they're a downer. They are telling you to be superman/perfect and when failed, as always it sinks down a person's self esteem. His writing is horrible as well, depending on cliche to cliche, to stretch out this LONG book. Nothing he said I hadn't read before in a Hallmark card. The pictures in the book were very horrible. Also I would like to clarify something he said. He put down people who read comic books. Sorry. As a well read person, I can tell you that it is a pretty ignorant statement on his part. Some comics like Chris Ware's are very introspective and intelligent. In fact a whole lot of comics are better than acclaimed books in themselves. Look at mediocre Anne Tyler and Chris Ware and compare the massive differences.
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the 7 habits every kid should consider, Mars 10 2009
L'évaluation d'un enfant
The 7 habits of highly effective teens is a book written by Sean covey, who is the son of Stephen Covey, author of the 7 habits of highly effective people. The 7 habits are designed to help teens who are growing up.
Being Proactive
This means that you make choices based on value. You think before you do something. You know you can't control everything, but you can control the things you do. You should not be reactive, who go off like time grenades.
Beginning with the end in mind
This means that if you plan something and you have a goal, you need to keep on going and going until you reach your goal. A perfect example is The Wizard of Oz. The little girl keeps on going until she finally reaches the good witch Glenda and she comes back to her native Kansas.
Putting first things first
This means that you need to put the most important things first and do them first, but you don't need to rush. In the book there are 4 quadrants: The procrastinator, the Yes-man, the slacker and the prioritizer. Only one is good and that is the prioritizer. The prioritizer puts first things first, and is not urgent.
Thinking WIN- WIN
This is when you think that everybody is equal and nobody is either superior or inferior. WIN-WIN means that everybody can have success.
Seeking first to understand then to be understood
This means that you need to hear what the other person is saying and then would say your reply to whatever he/she is talking about. If you didn't do that, then you then you would cut his/her sentence and think you know what the problem is , but in reality it isn't the problem he/she was thinking about; you just blurt the answer out and he/she doesn't know what to do.
Synergy
Synergy means teamwork. Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you've seen an oxpecker picking bugs off a rhino, you have seen synergy. The oxpecker gets a feast and the rhino gets a pseudo-massage. In synergy, people have strengths and weaknesses, but they all work together to make a strong team. In the book it says there were 6 types of synergizers: plodders, show-offs, harmonizers, creators and followers.
Sharpening the saw
This means that you just need to, well, relax. It means that you need to ¡§sharpen¡ your old self. The book suggests 4 things to sharpen: body, heart, brain and soul. In your body you exercise, eat healthy, sleep and relax. In your heart you build relationships, give service and (hee-hee) laugh. In your brain you read, write, educate and learn new things. In your soul, you meditate, keep a journal and take quality media.
Conclusion
Overall, I think the book is very helpful to teens that are just growing up and it is very interesting because it is loaded with cartoons and stories from people all around the world. Out of a 10, I give it a 9.5.
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Read it at school, although it isn't really needed, Oct. 23 2003
The 7 habits of highly effective teens? I don't know how much simpler it can get than that. The only problem is, this book isn't that helpful.The writer does a pretty good job of making you feel like hes with you, but he is an adult writing a teens book. Times change. I'm sure when he was a teen it was much different. If you seriously need this book to get back on track... I feel for you. A person doesn't need someone to tell them how to become highly effective, the book only tells you the obvious. Renew myself every once and a while? Sure I could do that. I don't know how though. Build up my self-esteem? O, I thought I was supposed to destroy it, this book really saved me on that one... not... What i'm trying to tell you is that you should be out there livin it up, instead of at home reading about how to live it up. A highly effective person knows that they should be spending their time on productive things, not learning how to be productive, and frankly, I think the writer should of been living it up instead of writing about how to live it up. You gotta figure these things out for yourself, and learn how to treat yourself good on your own. The book is morely something that people fall on to when they are in need of desperate help, let me sum it up for you. Live the best you can, and if you over work yourself...renew yourself. There, now go live it up.
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