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cassius1356's review against another edition
5.0
This book really helped me overcome my being lost with all the apparent urgent things coming up every day and put order in my head regarding what really matters. I highly recommend it to anybody who is feeling like being in a rut and wanting to get out of it.
skyclad's review against another edition
4.0
Probably better in written form than it is as an audiobook. But it has plenty of good ideas well worth a read but nothing shcoking
books10's review against another edition
5.0
In Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, habit 3 is “Put First Things First.”
This book goes into great detail on how to do that. The appendix in the back of the book has 13 workbook-like pages to help you discover your mission statement, roles and goal, and “true north” principles. I have not yet gone through and completed these pages, as Covey recommended doing so when one has ample time with no distractions. But glancing through it, there are many thought-provoking questions and exercises. Putting in the time to complete this section will, I feel, provide a map to a more peaceful, fulfilling, principle-centered life.
This book goes into great detail on how to do that. The appendix in the back of the book has 13 workbook-like pages to help you discover your mission statement, roles and goal, and “true north” principles. I have not yet gone through and completed these pages, as Covey recommended doing so when one has ample time with no distractions. But glancing through it, there are many thought-provoking questions and exercises. Putting in the time to complete this section will, I feel, provide a map to a more peaceful, fulfilling, principle-centered life.
darthing's review against another edition
4.0
First Things First from a different perspective. While we are stuck with 'efficiency' and managing the stream of Quadrant III (Not urgent and not important) things that is coming at us each and every day, this books encourages us to focus on those Quadrant II things (Important but not urgent) that we seem to be neglecting.
To live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. The book focuses on planning your week with these roles and human endowments in mind. Fulfilling these needs requires a careful thought-out plan of Quadrant II activities that help you live your life's mission statement instead of getting caught up in an 'urgency addiction'.
Stop. Think. Plan. And live your life in a new way with a new focus. A good read that helps you look at your life a little differently.
To live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. The book focuses on planning your week with these roles and human endowments in mind. Fulfilling these needs requires a careful thought-out plan of Quadrant II activities that help you live your life's mission statement instead of getting caught up in an 'urgency addiction'.
Stop. Think. Plan. And live your life in a new way with a new focus. A good read that helps you look at your life a little differently.
marlisenicole's review against another edition
2.0
Meh! Regurgitated corporate middle management employee manual drivel.
papi's review against another edition
5.0
Another terrifically helpful book from the pen of Stephen Covey. I personally found especially useful the two-by-two matrix he discusses as a way to organize yourself. The four resulting quadrants include:
1. Important and Urgent
2. Important, Not Urgent
3. Urgent, Not Important
4. Not Urgent, Not Important
Simply put, most people spend far too much time in quadrants 3 & 4. We also spend too much time in quadrant 1, not that those issues are unimportant, but because we don't manage our priorities well. The goal is to gradually focus more and more of our time and energy in quadrant 2, thus reducing the amount of energy necessarily directed to quadrant 1.
Having been disappointed by too many time-management books in the past, which primarily purport to show one how to cram more into the limited amount of time we have, another epiphany for me from Covey's book was that the issue isn't time management, but rather priority management. That hit home, and caused me to make some changes that have led to a more satisfying life for me. I suspect this would be worthwhile reading for most people, but probably most especially, young adults.
1. Important and Urgent
2. Important, Not Urgent
3. Urgent, Not Important
4. Not Urgent, Not Important
Simply put, most people spend far too much time in quadrants 3 & 4. We also spend too much time in quadrant 1, not that those issues are unimportant, but because we don't manage our priorities well. The goal is to gradually focus more and more of our time and energy in quadrant 2, thus reducing the amount of energy necessarily directed to quadrant 1.
Having been disappointed by too many time-management books in the past, which primarily purport to show one how to cram more into the limited amount of time we have, another epiphany for me from Covey's book was that the issue isn't time management, but rather priority management. That hit home, and caused me to make some changes that have led to a more satisfying life for me. I suspect this would be worthwhile reading for most people, but probably most especially, young adults.
reevek's review against another edition
3.0
I only read a few specific chapters, but Covey does have good points and comes at time management in a new and inspiring way.