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sweinmann14's review against another edition
2.0
Personally, I found most of this book redundant. Most of what was said could have been condensed to 100-200 pages. And as I had read The 7th Habit, I was already familiar with many of the story-examples he used. But there were some good points about self-improvement and leadership, so I can say I was able to walk away with more knowledge than I started with.
raejeanr's review against another edition
4.0
There's a lot of great concepts in this book, but I personally could use more everyday examples seeing them in practice.
yesiwanttogrow's review against another edition
4.0
كتاب جمييل بمعنى الكلمة ، فقد راق لي محتواه و قد تعلمت منه العديد من الدروس ، و استغرق مني قراءته مدة ترم دراسي أو حتى أكثر لإنهاءه و هي أطول مدة قضيتها لإنهاء أي كتاب قرأته من قبل ، لأني كنت أقرأ منه كل يوم ما يعادل صفحين أو أكثر فهو كتاب مفيد و يفتقر للمتعة و أعتقد أنه السبب الوحيد الذي جعل صديقاتي ينفرن منه لأنهم يرونه ممل قلبًا و قالبًا ، لكنه كان بمثابة معلم لي ، مع إني لا أحب التخطيط و الملاحظات في الكتب حتى أني أنفر من الكتب التي تعج بالصور التي تبدو لي طفوليةً نوعًا ما ، إلا أن هذا الكتاب هو الكتاب الوحيد الذي أمتلئ بالملاحظات و الأفكار الشخصية التي تكشف ما يجول في خاطري ، ربما وُلد الإبداع في قلب السئامة و لكنِ بطبيعتي أحب مشاركة الاخرين الكتب التي أقرؤها عدا هذا ، فلا أقوى القيام بذلك ، أنا حتمًا لا أقوى على كشف نفسي ، كل ما في الأمر أنني أحب أن تظل تلك الأفكار سجينة فكري لا أكثر ، لأنه بكل بساطة يريحني من عناء التبرير .
floatsomejetsome's review against another edition
4.0
An essential add-on to the 7 Habits, gets to the why behind the what and how of becoming a better leader.
emmchy's review against another edition
4.0
Could have been much shorter and less business-oriented, but still great ideas that I would dare to boil down to a simple ‘Treat people, including yourself, with respect’.
virginiareads's review against another edition
I'm not going to rate this since I ended up skimming quite a bit of the book. I have had it for a long time, and started reading it several times. IMO, there is too much background information and then, on top of that, a whole summary of the 7 habits (which is covered in a separate book that I have read several times), before finally getting to the meat of this book. It did make me want to research some other writers referenced throughout, so I count that as a positive. I think many people will get a lot from this book.
sphynxreads's review against another edition
2.0
I loved The 7 Habits, but this? UGH. Unlike the 7 Habits, this book was kind of all over the place and repetitive. It referenced the 7 Habits and referred to the companion films so much that I didn't even see the point of the book. The 7 Habits was very organized and simple, it just went through each of the habits and discussed them, occasionally explained how they are interrelated. This on the other hand used such a complex model that I gave up trying to understand it halfway through. It should be said I don't usually read self-help/business books so that might be part of why I disliked this book.
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