文档介绍：WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL
PRESENTS
INSIDE THE GURU MIND SERIES
Stephen Covey
The Author of The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People
By
Robert Heller
Published By Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London 2001
ISBN: 078945159X; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
112 pages
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Stephen Covey
The groundwork of Covey’s philosophy revolves around The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People.
9 Be Proactive
9 Begin with the End in Mind
9 Put First Things First
9 Think Win/Win
9 Seek First to Understand . . . Then to be Understood
9 Synergize
9 Sharpen the Saw
Building Basic Effectiveness
Stephen Covey correlates ess in business to ess in ones personal
and interpersonal life. “Private victories precede public victories”. If you want
more freedom and more latitude in your job, “be a more responsible, more
helpful, and more contributing employee.”
Central to Stephen Covey’s teachings is the undeniable presence of basic
principles for effective living that one integrates into their basic character.
These principles are the foundations of ess - integrity, humility, fidelity,
temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty and the
Golden Rule – do unto others as you would have others do unto you. This
“Character Ethic”, as Covey calls it, is based on natural human laws and is
innate in every institution that has endured and prospered. Covey
differentiates between the Character Ethic, or principle-centered philosophy
and the Personality Ethic. The Personality Ethic concerns practicalities or
changing outward attitudes and behavior – quick-fix influence techniques,
person