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28 Most Influential Nonfiction Book Summaries Read to boost: Productivity Communication Relationships Self-Discipline Financial Literacy Mindfulness Drive the change in your life 28 Most Influential Nonfiction Book Summaries 15-min reads of 28 bestsellers Ideas from the world’s acknowledged leaders Hundreds of valuable insights Most actionable tips and tricks for everyday life More knowledge in less time What's inside: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey 4 How to Talk to Anyone Leil Lowndes 20 The Miracle Morning Hal Elrod 37 Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman 50 12 Rules For Life Jordan B. Peterson 64 How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less Nicholas Boothman 80 The 5 AM Club Robin Sharma 96 The 80/20 Principle Richard Koch 110 Make Your Bed Admiral William H. McRaven 123 Influence Robert B. Cialdini, PhD 133 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson 144 Steal Like an Artist Austin Kleon 156 The No-Spend Challenge Guide Jen Smith 167 The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss 181 Declutter Your Mind S. J. Scott, Barrie Davenport 193 The 5 Love Languages Gary D. Chapman 207 How to Win Friends & Influence People in The Digital Age Dale Carnegie 222 Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki 234 The 5 Second Rule Mel Robbins 249 Mini Habits Stephen Guise 263 How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Dale Carnegie 275 Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell 291 Deep Work Cal Newport 305 A Guide to the Good Life William B. Irvine 318 The One Thing Gary Keller, Jay Papasan 333 Think and Grow Rich! Napoleon Hill 347 The How of Happiness Sonja Lyubomirsky 362 Feeling Good David D. Burns 377 GO! and get it in 15-min! The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful lessons in personal change Stephen R. Covey Read to boost: Proactivity Goal-setting Communication Leadership What’s in there for me? Named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. Stephen Covey published “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” in 1989, and this book has changed the self-improvement world for better ever since. The behavior principles explained in this read are of high value to anyone looking for success in family, career, or other areas of their life. You will learn good habits and beneficial tips for your professional and personal communication. You need to seek first “To change ourselves effectively, to understand, then to be we first had to change our understood in order to come perceptions.” up with win-win solutions. GO! and get it in 15-min! 4 1. The easiest way to improve your personal and professional life is by developing the right habits Humans are creatures of habit. Our routines define our character, and they exert an invisible force on our behavior. Whatever we do is a function of our practices. Therefore, the best way to achieve any worthwhile goal is to train ourselves to do the things that will lead to the goal effortlessly. There are 7 key areas where we all need to pay attention to become highly effective. Having read this summary, you will learn to: ● Choose to be proactive rather than reactive ● Visualize the end of an endeavor before undertaking it ● Schedule your priorities instead of prioritizing your schedule ● Seek what is beneficial for everyone involved ● Try to understand others first so that they can understand you ● Work with others to achieve exponential results ● Keep an effective system running Seems pretty easy; however, the hardest, and most important part here is to be willing and ready to implement sustainable changes in your life. Real change comes from the inside out. A lot has been written on how to be successful, improve your life, and how to act on it. Going as far back as 1776, Stephen Covey found that fiction can be divided into 2 major groups: promoting personality ethic and teaching character ethics. 5 The idea behind the personality ethic is that you can learn specific skills that will produce behavioral change. Understanding the intricacies of verbal and non-verbal communication will bring about desirable change. Personality ethic provides a shortcut. The only problem with a shortcut is that it doesn’t endure. Sustainable change doesn’t come from taking the personality ethic route. Character change is more sustainable than behavioral change. The method of personality ethic is superficial. It is attractive because it provides a quick fix. Working on our character is not easy. It requires identity change. We must adjust our worldview, belief system, and habits to put us on the right course for sustainable success. For example, virtues such as fidelity, integrity, and honesty can only come from within. They aren’t techniques to learn. Instead, they are character traits that come from a particular belief system. Having read this summary, you will understand that you can adjust your belief system and develop the habits to make you highly effective. 2. The journey toward lasting change begins with a change in paradigms Paradigms are the filter through which we see the world around us. Two people might look at a crowd and see entirely different things. It is a function of the paradigm they use. When your worldview aligns with the basic principles upon which the universe operates, you will be able to navigate life 6 successfully. A person with a negative paradigm will continually see negativity, while a person with a positive one will find comfort even in pain. A paradigm is a pattern we apply to explaining certain phenomena. Our set of paradigms determines our character. Our paradigms can spell the difference between success and failure in business and relationships. A paradigm shift occurs when we begin to question our set behaviors and attitudes and start changing them gradually. For example, Stephen Covey experienced a paradigm shift one Sunday morning in a relatively silent subway car. A man and his children boarded, and the vehicle became noisy immediately. Surprisingly, the man did nothing to control his "undisciplined children." Stephen Covey became so irritated by the noise that he asked the father to supervise his children. The man said that they were coming from the hospital where their mother had died. He didn't want to control the children because they were all in shock. This answer switched Stephen Covey's mood from irritation and annoyance to compassion and willingness to help. This is the power of the paradigm. Paradigm shifts are not usually sudden. They require a deliberate attempt to shift from the way we perceive things to developing qualities universally recognized as charitable. “Our paradigms, correct or incorrect, are the sources of our attitudes and behaviors, and ultimately our relationships with others.” ~ Stephen R. Covey 7 3. We should exercise our capacity for proactivity rather than reaction Being proactive distinguishes us from other animals who simply respond to external stimuli. The ability to learn and change our natural orientation is one of the blessings of humanity. Other animals simply react based on their genetic programming. They cannot analyze stimulus. Humans, on the other hand, are not slaves to nature. We can respond rather than react to things that happen to us. Unfortunately, many of us still prefer to be reactive rather than proactive. What kind of person do you want to be? Being proactive means that you take responsibility for your actions rather than blame your entire life on the external circumstances. Reactive people have their behavior and emotions dictated by external circumstances and feelings. When someone fails to keep their promise to you, it puts you in a bad mood. When you hail a taxi and someone else jumps in, you curse them. Reactive people also fail to take responsibility. When things don’t go as planned, they blame other people or external circumstances. Proactive people believe their mood or behavior is a function of their internal engineering. Rather than blame others for failure, they seek the way forward. They view life in terms of 2 concentric circles: ● Circle of concern ● Circle of influence 8 The circle of concern is filled with the things we worry about: the bills we need to pay, the loans we need to refund, the weather condition, changing economic status, etc. This circle is quite big. However, inside this circle is a smaller circle called the circle of influence. It contains things we can change or control. Working on the circle of influence makes it expand. When you focus on things you can change, their number increases. Yet, when you focus on something you have little or no control over, it will decrease. Proactivity will make you a highly competent person in the most extenuating circumstances. Austrian neurologist Victor Frankl was repeatedly imprisoned in German concentration camps during World War II. Despite the torture and deplorable conditions of his prison, he chose to respond rather than react to his circumstances. His whole focus was on his mind since that was the only thing he could control. He thought of a future in a better world. He thought of a happier life and how he would narrate his experiences in the concentration camps to others. Frankl used the small gap between external stimuli and action to find his freedom. He exercised proactivity. The freedom of thought he expressed inspired other prisoners and even some guards. You can challenge yourself to be proactive for 30 days. Choose to take responsibility when you are tempted to blame others for your problem. Focus your energy on seeking out effective solutions rather than playing the blame game. Remember that the real problem is not the problem itself but how you react to it. 9
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