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An Effective Life

By: Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
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Summary

Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has inspired millions. Today's generation will be newly inspired by Covey's An Effective Life, a new approach to practicing the motivating principles taught by one of the greatest teachers of all time. 

An Effective Life shares original new perspectives on life and self-evaluation, striking infographics, and inspirational quotes in a fresh new package designed for the generation early in their careers and for those long-time Covey admirers who seek to improve their work and personal lives based on principles. You'll also find a Personal Journal to help you process the insights you've gleaned from the book. This book is more than an inspiration, it is an introduction to important principles needed to live an effective life.

©2018 Stephen R. Covey (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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great content, narration is so so

Stephen Covey is a stalwart of the self-help world so this is a book full of good old-fashioned advice, no gimmicks. Don't let the narration cat the very start put you off as is not robot-esq for long. As it's a short read is recommend it to anyone interested in self-help. It was also included in the subscription so was effectively free

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Cheated

I literally had to re-listen to it as it finished and I thought I’d missed a load of chapters. Just using Stephen Covey’s name without adding anything new

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Ok time pass listening

It’s an easy listening of a series of quotes basically arranged around the concept of learning from nature. It’s ok.

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struggled to finish. the writing was kind of prete

struggled to finish. the writing was kind of pretentious. not the best book this week

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Quick summary, you need to pay attention

Quick summary, you need to pay real good attention as the train of thought shifts rapidly in this summary. Overall okay

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This recording should be taken off line

This recording is the worst I have ever heard. It sounds like an automated voice that confuses meaning with the strange intonation, erratic emphasis and stop start reading.

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A great listen and therapeutic to the soul!

I found this book to be very inspiring and I resonated with most of the content, it was like an eye opening moment in most of the chapters. I really enjoyed this bite sized book, it's not too long which I liked as some books take days to finish whereas this book it was done in one go so its all fresh in your head.

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okay

I found it very nice to listen to but there's no actual instructions in it to live by. only quotes and some Gogd advice. worth the 50 minutes though

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Great read.

Excellent read but the tone gets slightly monotone. But still enjoyed it and was very insightful

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A short form of 7 habits of highly effective people

As the title states , this book is a short reminder of what you learn in Steve’s most famous book . Honestly just read that book , this book was just made to get more money from you

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