Raphael Andre’ E. Romilla
IE 101

Book Report – 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

1. What kind of book is this? * Seven habits of highly effective people is a book about business and it is a self-help book. This book explains how people who have achieved a high degree of outward success find themselves still struggling with an inner need for developing personal effectiveness and growing healthy relationships with other people.

2. What was the author's purpose or purposes in writing this book? * Covey believes the way we see the world is entirely based on our own perceptions. In order to change a given situation, we must change ourselves, and in order to change ourselves, we must be able to change our perceptions. He wants us to help ourselves in changing for the better. To grow wisely as a person and someone who is capable of doing any task given to him or her.

3. What did the title have to do with the book? * I think that this was the title because the book emphasizes seven important things or reminders that would help a person grow. This reminders aren’t like the quick fixes the people nowadays want, this is a process in which we need to train ourselves so that it would be a habit for us in doing something that would help us personally.

4. Who do you think the author intended to read this book and why? * I think this book is for everyone who wants to achieve more in life and those who want to improve their status in the field of work they are doing. It is a very helpful book that could change a status of a man in the field of work they are doing. It is also a motivational book that would help someone obtain the correct characteristics and habits they need to upgrade their status as an employee and as a person.

5. Did this book give you any new ideas about yourself? Why? * This book gave me many lessons that I need to obtain my goals in life. It gave me the motivation I need in doing so. It gave me simple instructions that needs to be done with myself to achieve a higher and better me. It gave me tips that I would need and inspirational words that would help me in achieving my goal. It gave me a new way of thinking about myself and it improve my character as a person and a student.

6. Compare this book with the last book you read. * The last book I read was “Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters” a book which was about myths, gods and goddesses. As I compare this book to the last book I read, you would see that there is a very big difference but they have a thing in common, to provide good information to the reader. The seven habits of highly effective people gave me lessons in life that I could use in making myself and my traits better by giving tips and instructions that needs to be done to achieve this goal. The last book I read, Percy Jackson, was a book which tells us a story about a certain event which took place long ago and it also gives us lessons in life about not doing certain mistakes or things.

7. What is paradigm shift? * A paradigm shift is a change or "revolution" in the basic concepts of a scientific discipline. It is a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just doesn’t happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change. In the book that we read, the paradigm shift was to change ourselves fundamentally and not just alter our attitudes and behaviours on the surface level in order to achieve true change.

8. How does the author explain the picture below? Let me know your thoughts about it.

* The author portrays that every people has a different opinion with the others.

9. What is the impact and how do you apply each habit in your life as a student, as a person and as a future industrial engineer? Please use the format below. For the action plan, please put at least 3 specific actions that you shall do to internalize the stated habit. | | Impact | Action Plan | Habit 1 | Be Proactive | It gave me a sense of leadership with myself | -act as a responsible man-know your responsibilities- know my goals | Habit 2 | Begin With the End in Mind | It gave me a lesson that we should think ahead before we act | -plan ahead in doing things-be organized-think before I act | Habit 3 | Put First Thing First | It told me that I need to be organized | -be responsible-plan ahead-work hard | Habit 4 | Think Win Win | It told me to always be positive | -never think about negativity-take risks-work hard | Habit 5 | Seek First to Understand Then To Be Understood | It told me to think before doing things | -be responsible in doing things-know my goals -read | Habit 6 | Synergize | It told me that every small detail or thing is needed to achieve a certain goal | -be creative-be responsible-be attentive | Habit 7 | Sharpen the Saw | It told me not to be afraid of change and that change is needed to be better | -be adventurous-be responsible-know what is right |