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Seven Habits Reflection I liked the book because it had many anecdotes from the author and stories from other people. It helped me to relate because a lot of the stories sounded similar to things going on in my life. I had read Sean Covey's book before but I did not retain the information. This time, when I read it I actually read and thought about the words that had been written and I took them in. I compared all of the habits to my life and I feel like I might actually make a change in my life and model after some of the seven habits.

The key ideas of the book were the seven habits; be proactive, begin with the end in mind, have a win win attitude, seek first to understand than to be understood, synergize, sharpen the saw, and put first things first.

I liked Sean Covey's style of writing because he wrote in a way that was simple and easy to read. He did not use words or phrases that were complicated and he explained things in a very clear way.

I would rate Sean Covey's "7 habits of a highly effective teen" with 3 and a half stars.
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When I was originally assigned to read a book called "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" I must admit I was skeptical. I didn't consider myself to be one of "those people" who needed self-help books. After reading the book for five minutes I realized that I only thought this way because I was used to a narrow paradigm. I focused solely on aspects of life that were contained within my "comfort zone", and I've since realized that though my life isn't necessarily bad the way that is it, there is always room for improvement. And then I assign to watch to video that Sean Convey presented about this book. The video and the book have a complete different from what I had read but it have the same meaning.
For the first time I listen to presentation I totally don’t understand what he talking about at all. It is because of the language barrel. It’s hard to listen to what he said but

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