The 8th habbit: from effectiveness to greatness
- London Simon & Schuster 2004
- xvi,40p. 23 cm.
The 8th Habit adds a new dimension to Stephen Covey’s best-selling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to address how we can unlock human potential and greatness. In this free version of The 8th Habit summary, we’ll give a synopsis of the big ideas from the book.
Despite all our technological and productivity breakthroughs, people are feeling frustrated, lost, stressed, empty, and insecure. There’s a gap because we all possess huge potential and desire to live a life of contribution and meaning, yet most of us are not thriving in our organizations, and are feeling dis-empowered. Besides the human pain, there’s a significant cost of not harnessing our workforce’s potential, and of personal and organizational failure.