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I've only read a chapter or two of the first Seven Habits book, and so I enjoyed not only learning about the Seven Habits, but how they apply to the family. Every chapter includes ways to apply the principles in the family, and ways to teach the principles to your family. Written using the same principles that were introduced in the bestselling 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,' Stephen Covey applies The Seven Habits to the family using personal, family, and others' experiences to illustrate each concept. I didn't actually finish the book because this stopped me in my tracks. The mother didn't seek medical care or even have a chance to process the feelings and this is seen as a good thing? This is an example of how NOT to handle a miscarriage in my opinion. The adult daughter reflecting back said 'instead of wallowing in her grief.she cared more about my feelings than her own and turned what could have been a traumatic experience for me into a positive one.' A POSITIVE experience? I found this disturbing. The mom had a miscarriage while they were home alone but she subverted her feelings when her daughter found her in the bathroom.

SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE KIDS MOVIE

Then there was this: There are real life stories throughout and in one of them a woman tells a bizarre story from her teenaged years about a movie night at home with her mom, who was pregnant. In a world where most mothers work, he gives no attention to how that changed a family. He's pretty explicit about this belief, going off on a lengthy tangent a little over halfway through and citing research but conveniently leaving out the research that doesn't support his bias. He refers to single parents but this is apparently the only time it's acceptable for women to work. Second, Covey has very clear biases in favor of the traditional model where the wife stays home and the husband works (and of course same-sex couples don't exist in this world). I understand the thing about people needing to hear things seven times to get it but this doesn't work well in a book. The sections could each be about 1/3 to 1/2 the length but he repeats himself over and over. There is some good stuff here about adapting the habits to family life, but the book has three large flaws. I am an admirer of Stephen Covey and his seven habits so I was primed to like this book. but you'll still get enough out of the book to make you glad you read it. You may skip a lot of the stories, examples and re-caps, as I did. If you're a confused mortal wondering why nothing works out the way you want it to, read this book! If you can practise the techniques it describes, good for you! And even if you can't do it all the time, you'll still gain a better understanding of yourself and your problems.

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Why else are there so many frustrated people, so many unhappy families? it's not because we want to hurt ourselves and those around us, it's because we don't understand how to 'begin with the end in mind', to think clearly about where we want to go and chalk out our flight plan to get there. Once we have it pointed out to us, we see it but there is a kind of fog around our brains that prevents us seeing it on our own. Why can't the rest of humankind do this? I really don't know.

He is one of those rare people - I have known two or three in my life - with the facility of clear thinking, who intuitively understand cause and effect, and therefore act in such a way as to produce the desired outcome. And wham! I suddenly realized all the hype around Stephen Covey wasn't just hype. An earlier occupant of my office had left it on the shelf and I eyed it with contempt for years before curiosity finally drove me to flip through the pages. I didn't expect to like this book as I have a hefty mental block against self-help books.

Seven habits of highly effective people kids