![]() Covey says that in the final analysis, what we are, communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. Eventually, when there isn’t deep integrity and fundamental character strength, the challenges of life will cause true motives to surface and human relationship failure will replace short-term success. ![]() Secondary traits alone have no permanent role in long-term relationships. However, these are secondary, not primary traits. He found that elements of the Personality Ethic such as personal growth, communication skills and positive thinking are sometimes essential for success. Some of the literature acknowledged that character as an ingredient of success, but tended to compartmentalize it rather than recognise it as foundational.Ĭovey and his wife’s experiences with raising their son, coupled with his studies about perceptions and success, helped him to realise that there is a vital difference between Personality Ethic and Character Ethic. There were two paths the one was human and public relations techniques and the other was positive mental attitude. Success became a function of personality, public image, attitudes and behaviours, skills and techniques. Soon after World War 1, the view of success shifted from Character Ethic to “Personality Ethic”. According to the Character Ethic, there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and happiness when they integrate these principles into their basic character. things like integrity, humility, fidelity, temperament, courage, justice, patience, simplicity, modesty, etc. He studied over 200 years of writings about what “success” means and summarised below is his description of how the definition of success has changed over the years.ĭuring the first 150 years, the focus was on “Character Ethic”, i.e. In order to create change, we often have to change ourselves first and this can only be done by changing our paradigms/perceptions.Īn important starting point is to define success.Ĭovey states that “In more than 25 years of working in business, university, and marriage and family settings, I have come in contact with many individuals who have achieved an incredible degree of outward success, but have found themselves struggling with an inner hunger, a deep need for personal congruency and effectiveness and for healthy, growing relationships with other people.” I trust that you will find my Summary useful and that you will enjoy putting the principles and the 7 habits into practice, without having to read the whole book.Ĭovey believes that the way we see the world is based on our own unique perceptions. My decision was based on the excellence of the content of the book and my belief that all of Covey’s principles and the 7 habits that are required to be highly effective and successful, remain as relevant today as they were then. I then decided to go through the book again and to prepare a Summary to be posted on this website. The book is still on my bookshelf and when I paged through it recently, I noticed all my underlining and marking of key principles throughout the book. I found it fascinating and was fortunate to apply many of the principles contained in the book in my business career and in my personal life. Covey’s Book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” was launched in the early 1990’s I bought and read it. OL22144465M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:50:50 Boxid IA174901 Boxid_2 CH101701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0001 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition.
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