Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit

    Written by Stephen R. Covey

    Narrated by Stephen R. Covey

    4/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 26, 2012
    ISBN9781442354906
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit
    Author

    Stephen R. Covey

    Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, business leader, and author. His books have sold more than 40 million copies (print, digital, and audio) in more than fifty languages throughout the world and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the 20th Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard University and a doctorate from Brigham Young University, he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, the most trusted leadership company in the world.

    Related to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit

    Related audiobooks

    Self-Improvement For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Pessimists Never Prosper: Try an Abundance Mindset Instead

      May 2, 2019

      Are you a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty kind of person? When you think about the future, do you see limitless opportunities or multiple barriers? Do you get excited about international travel and interaction with other cultures, or do you thin

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Power of 'Onlyness'

      May 1, 2018

      How do you define ‘onlyness’? The word actually doesn’t appear in the English dictionary, but I would argue that it should. Simply put, it means that anyone’s — and quite possibly everyone’s — ideas matter. The genesis of the word starts with the fac

      7 min read

    • Article

      Nigel Marsh

      Sep 13, 2023

      Nigel Marsh
      3 min read

    • Article

      Responding To Loss

      Dec 25, 2023

      Responding To Loss
      18 min read

    • Article

      You Must Be Real To Heal

      Nov 16, 2022

      You Must Be Real To Heal
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Most Important Leadership Competency

      May 1, 2020

      You have said that the most important leadership competency for the 21st century is the ability to navigate differences. Why is this so important right now? One of the most amazing things we have witnessed in our time is the ability of platforms and

      6 min read

    • Article

      Q&A

      May 1, 2022

      Let’s start with your book, The Conversation. How is it that conversation—something so seemingly simple that we do all the time—can be such an important part of addressing such a serious and complex topic? Humans are not very good computers — we don’

      7 min read

    • Article

      ‘Happiness Is Love.’ Decades Of Research Yield A Timeless Truth.

      Apr 1, 2022

      Arthur C. Brooks has spent decades studying happiness. But in recent years the social scientist’s research turned into what he calls “me search.” He found that those who are unhappiest later in life are often the strivers on a continual quest for mon

      3 min read

    • Article

      “Is Life Worth Living?”

      Mar 4, 2019

      MY PURPOSE IS CHIEFLY to describe what is bothering a good many people today, rather than to go deeply into the causes of disquiet and unrest in the Western world, much less to offer remedies or advocate revolution. I take it for granted that we all

      15 min read

    • Article

      Mitch Wallis

      Nov 23, 2022

      Mitch Wallis
      4 min read

    • Article

      School Of Life

      Nov 23, 2023

      School Of Life
      19 min read

    • Article

      Joanna Macy Reconnects

      Nov 20, 2019

      Joanna Macy Reconnects
      10 min read

    • Article

      Reaching Out

      Dec 21, 2021

      Reaching Out
      5 min read

    • Article

      How to Know You’re Lonely

      Oct 12, 2021

      How to Know You’re Lonely
      9 min read

    • Article

      Me, You, And Intimacy Too

      Feb 16, 2022

      Me, You, And Intimacy Too
      8 min read

    • Article

      Is Success A Myth?

      Jan 19, 2024

      Is Success A Myth?
      5 min read

    • Article

      Dear Ali…

      Jul 30, 2021

      Dear Ali…
      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & the 8th Habit

    4/5

    91 ratings68 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 1/5
      I haven't finished this book yet. I want to know how he got to his position of IBM CEO, not about his mid life crisis.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book!!! A book that will change the way you work and operate in general.
    • 5/5
      This book is always a good one to re-read. The habits are really common sense, but sometimes you need to sit down and remember them.
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite non-fiction books
    • 4/5
      It's a classic. So many books have been based off of the core values set in this book so if you've read any productivity, self help, leadership, or anything similar you're likely to know some of the content in this book.

      I like to occasionally go "back to the basics" or hit the classics as a reminder of some of the things I can/should be doing to be a better business person or a family man and I tend to find this book helps me reset my habits. That's not a bad thing at all.
    • 3/5
      I have read this book numerous times and come away convicted to work harder at being more effective every time I read it. I think that the content and principles in this book are, for the most part, spot on and very helpful. The deficit that this book carries is that these are seven habits for a very specific personality group and mindset. If you are a flighty, creative type save yourself the frustration of trying to cram yourself into a different shaped mold. Read it once, figure out a personal application, and then turn it into paper mache.
    • 3/5
      THis audio book was well produced, but like many of these self-help type books, if this is really your cup of tea, you'd probably be better off with the dead tree version.
    • 4/5
      Great book. Learn a lot about being a better business person AND a better person in general.
    • 5/5
      I've read this book so many times - it's a really good combination of professional and personal development. Examples are a teensy bit dated, but the principles are universal and evergreen. I'll read it again.
    • 4/5
      Over the almost 10 years that I've owned this book, I've started it about 4 times. I am proud to say that earlier this week, I can finally say that I have completed it! Overall, I thought the book has invaluable concepts and advice to all people, regardless of industry and occupation. However, as I’ve been reading Covey's book, I can’t help but make parallels to other business books and concepts that I’ve been exposed to over the years. I feel that Stephen Covey’s ideas are the “Effectiveness 1.0” and that many of the other business books and theories have borrowed and expanded upon his original concepts. This is a great book for anyone to read or at least become familiar with the concepts so that they can lead better more efficient lives.
    • 4/5
      Great book with valuable, motivating info. A little heavy on the case studies, but otherwise very helpful.
    • 3/5
      As a tool to aid self reflection I find these useful but they inhabit a world in which the right attitude along a "can do" leads to heaven on earth. In reality what about the boss that sees you as a threat and the family that depends on you to keep that job? What if you were one of the most effective people in the organisation but that threatened the bosses who then marginalised you? I have had a boss that took one look at the bullying and disempowering culture that I was coping with by disengaging and promptly resigned rather then collude with it. However she had a partner who worked and contacts able to get her work. Am I being the “good” guard at the concentration camp?
    • 5/5
      This book is simply amazing. I'm even inclined to say that I enjoyed it more than "Think and Grow Rich," which I thought was impossible to beat. I highly recommend it. Full of wisdom, insights on family values, personal leadership and so much more, this book should be required reading for all.
    • 5/5
      Summary: Let's face it. Apply every true principle in this book and you can't help but be living life to it's very fullest. This book will be just as true and important 100 years from now as it is today.
    • 5/5
      great book, really helped me realize i could take better control of my life
    • 4/5
      A great book. It invites us to think deeply about our goal in life and cultivate habits that will aid us in achieving it across all our life roles.
    • 5/5
      If I was asked to recommend one self help book to improve your whole life this would be it. Its easy to read and the suggestions are not hard to implement. It deserves a couple of reads one, to get and overview and another slower read to implement change.
    • 4/5
      The best time management system and certainly the most publicized. There's no big secret in what Covey has to say, it's how he says it that makes it worth while.
    • 1/5
      started off okay but descended into tedious bullshit
    • 5/5
      What can I say. This is the classic book on leading an effective life.
    • 3/5
      I've been working an a pair of books and this might be an interesting read for character types.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful! Very practical, and useful, personally applicable.
    • 5/5
      A great book on how to live the good life. The principles really get to the heart of the human experience and go beyond quick and easy measures to increase one's productivity. If you want to maintain a happy, peaceful balanced life in an increasingly chaotic world, then this book is for you.
    • 3/5
      Good information on becoming a successful person. Covey covers habits that can help anyone in either their personal or professional life. The only issues I have with the book is the use of metaphors, anecdotes, and the over-all verbosity. I would have appreciate the book more as a tool if he had kept it simple.
    • 5/5
      Deserved Classic

      I somehow managed to miss this one. So far, it's really thought-provoking. I'm a big believer in taking responsibility for your own life, so lots of it is resonating with me.

      Update: finished it yesterday. Some real pearls of wisdom here. I'm already putting some of the listening techniques to good use. A bit repetitive in places, but I can see why it's a classic.
    • 2/5
      Not a big fan of either mormons or their management books. Not as badly written as the out of the box book, but the constant harping on about church, and higher callings is really offputting. Im not sure I agree with his ideas, and some of them are so common sense I find it hard to believe that they are sold under such great fanfare.
    • 4/5
      I read this because I saw this as one of the central works in thinking about management and leadership. The content is engaging and in my opinion the advice in general enough form to be sound.
    • 3/5
      Disappointing in a way. Some good points, but the good advice is scattered between long-winded buzzspeak. The stories are the weakest part. All the people involved talk exactly like the author and the situations are stretched. There's little, if any, followup with the people who "sudden stand up during meeting x and see the light" to see if it really helped or if they're just the type of people who seek attention by doing this type of thing. I can tell stories too, but that doesn't make the scenarios any more likely to happen.Some of the management stuff reminded me of peopleware, which I preferred. The whole part about mission statements seems a little...well, hollow. (What if there was a great team, but they never came up with a mission statement? Was there ever an only adquate or bad group and they became successful because they came up with a mission statement? The latter is what I'm more curious about.
    • 5/5
      .كتاب ممتاز يتحدث عن العادات السبع الافضل التي يجب على كل شخص العمل بها ليكون من الاشخاص الناجحين والمؤثرين والفاعلين في حياتهم العملية وتكوين مستقبل أفضلفأنصح الجميع بقراءتة وهومن الكتب المشهورة جدا . Excellent book about the seven habits is better that each person should work out to be successful and influential actors and people in their working lives and a better future I advise everyone to read it and Humen very famous books.
    • 4/5
      This is not a quick fix book. I will take time and focus for any of the advice given in the book to make big changes. That said I've just finished the book and noticed some positive changes in myself.

      This book does have "buzzwords" that other reviews have complained about but that is because the book made them that way. People just repeat the words instead of doing the hard work.

      This book does have one flaw the writer talks about not projecting your paradigms on others Covey forgot that not all his readers will be Christian.