Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Essay

The rain was coming. Angie heard the sky’s cow mooing, as her mother used to call thunder when Angie was a little child. The wind had been blowing for some time. In front of her huge window, Angie was able to see the green garden, or at least what was left of it, the fence, the road, the cars strolling peacefully, some people in their coats walking, and a white cat running… She had a book in her lap and frankly for the last 30 minutes she couldn’t move beyond that one page in chapter 3. It was…

successes, but even if people have achieved such greatness in their life, is that enough? In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steve Covey shows that even if successful, everyone is struggling with an inner hunger to find personal harmony and effectiveness for healthy relationships with other people. By reading this book, I feel it has really helped me to understand how to be effective in my life and also to teach other people what I have learned. In part one of this book Covey talks about…

way on daily basis whereby their character is a composite of their behaviors. According to Stephen, no matter how the contemporary situation looks like, it is not an individual’s habit. Old and negative habits can be replaced with new habits of effectiveness, trust-based correlations and happiness. Moreover, individuals should allow themselves to experience paradigm shifts to transform themselves and…

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey presents 7 different habits which he believes will be essential in becoming prosperous in the endeavors one may have. A significant similarity that all of these habits have is the importance of listening. The ability to listen to not only others around you, but also your personal voice is key when seeking to achieve these habits. The first habit, be proactive, describes the importance of not only knowing what your goals are, but also…

Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust is the co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide, and the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center. In addition to these accomplishments he is the son of Stephen R. Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Mr. Covey has an extensive speaking background and a multitude of stories that provide much needed practicality and insight in today 's business world. The Speed of Trust is something that we can all relate to.…

The 7 habits of highly effective people written by Stephen R. Covey focuses on changing ones self to a more successful person when it comes to relationships. Convey himself recounts times where he used certain habits to gain something. Throughout the book 7 habits are discussed and each of these habits reveal a deeper truth to an everyday life. The first habit discussed is “Be proactive”. In this section Convey tells the story of a man named Victor Frankl, he was a psychiatrist, a jew, and…

Stephen Covey proposes that there are seven habits that can be learned to improve one’s personal and interpersonal effectiveness. I completely agree all seven habits Stephen has written in this book, throughout the book Covey shares his own personal experiences instead of imagining situations you may be in, it is easier for the readers to relate to our everyday circumstances. I found there are particular areas of each habit to be more influential or relatable to my life. Listening to our…

The summaries of the chapter from Covey’s book The seventh habits described by Covey is named “Sharpen the Saw”. The author points out that to be effective and productive people need to renovate themselves. A person needs to renovate oneself in physical, mental, spiritual social, emotional dimensions. At the beginning of the chapter Covey tells the story about two men who were sawing a tree all day long. One of them sawed wood without any breaks; the second man did short pauses every hour. In…

A wise African-American author named Howard Thurman once said, “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself... and if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” There are two keys to becoming your best self: the ability to listen and the seven habits of effective people. Habits one through four focus on oneself; they are habits that help an individual find what is…

The book I will be reviewing is called The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. The beginning of the book starts by talking about people and how they may have great success in their lives but there is a underlying struggle with nurturing relationships with others. It goes into how we each have our own way of seeing things and when others often don't see or agree with the things we say that we get defensive and think that there has to be something wrong with that person to…