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The Easiest Way to Double Your Productivity

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A Method To x100 Your Productivity | Robin Sharma

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Enter the cult of extreme productivity | Mark Adams | TEDxHSG

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Good question. I know it requires patience, but I tend to recommend focusing on one at a time. Good question. I know it requires patience, but I tend to recommend focusing on one at a time. James Clear

Some habit experts will say you can work on 2-3 habits at once, but that only works if they are *really* small. For example, meditating for 60 seconds and doing 10 pushups after you wake up. Those are simple enough that you might be able to handle both each day. But I still tend to recommend focusing on one for a few months, mastering it and making it the new normal, and then advancing.

Another note that is related to this: habits often come in bundles. That is, when you want to change one behavior you may be forced to change related behaviors. So you may have to change a few habits at the same time.

For example, say you want to start the "habit" of cooking more meals at home and eating out less. To do this, you may have to change your grocery shopping habits, meal planning habits, dish cleaning habits, and others. This is another reason I recommend focusing on one change at a time: often, a single change has a lot more built into it than it appears at first glance.(less)
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Good question. I know it requires patience, but I tend to recommend focusing on one at a time. Good question. I know it requires patience, but I tend to recommend focusing on one at a time. James Clear Some habit experts will say you can work on 2-3 habits at once, but that only works if they are *really* small.

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أهم ٦ قواعد للانجاز والانتاجية 

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أهم ٦ قواعد للانجاز  والانتاجية!

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I read this book twice. It really impacted the way I do work. I read this book twice. It really impacted the way I do work. Anthony Kim

I am a medical physicist, with responsibilities in the clinic as well academically. After I read this book I stacked all of my rote clinical duties into two-week piles and plowed through them, leaving months to focus on my academic work as well as clinical projects that meant a lot to me.

I also have applied this at home with my writing, and likewise got way more productive.

It's a pretty good book. I view it as a wake-up call to a distracted world: just focus on one thing at a time and you'll be a happier, more productive person.(less)
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I read this book twice. It really impacted the way I do work. I read this book twice. It really impacted the way I do work. Anthony Kim I am a medical physicist, with responsibilities in the clinic as well academically.

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4.75*

I gained so much more whilst reading this the second time.

With the average person spending four-plus hours a day on their smartphone and another four-plus hours watching TV shows, distraction is quite literally a full-time job.

A simple self-help book to make you understand how to prioritise what matters in life and how to 'make time' for it, this is a must-read. I was reading some Goodreads reviews before writing my own one and many people stated that this isn't a very life-changing book an...more

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4.75* I gained so much more whilst reading this the second time. With the average person spending four-plus hours a day on their smartphone and another four-plus hours watching TV shows, distraction is quite literally a full-time job.

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كيف تكون مبدع في ادارة الوقت

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كيف تكون مبدع في ادارة الوقت ⏰ | اول شيء لازم تبدأ فيه بحياتك

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With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow,""mind like water," and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance./ Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-do's clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever...more

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With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow,""mind like water," and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance./ Not quite.

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I need to start with the obvious - this guy is one of those writers. One of those writers that make you want to track him down and hurt him. And not just him, maybe even his pets too. He assumes you are as thick as dog-shit and that you won't get what it is he is talking about unless he makes it painfully (PAINFULLY) clear. He has missed his calling. He really should have gone into the self-help book market - let's face it, assuming your readers are dumb in that market is just 'responding to ...more

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I need to start with the obvious - this guy is one of those writers. One of those writers that make you want to track him down and hurt him. And not just him, maybe even his pets too.

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It depends which part of the book you didn't like. The initial part is pretty much the same until the end. Try to read the chapter with the charactersIt depends which part of the book you didn't like. The initial part is pretty much the same until the end. Try to read the chapter with the characters meeting their mentor in a different country. If you didn't like the style (self-help fiction) and didn't enjoy the first pages then you might not enjoy the rest. In my opinion, the characters were a little cheesy. I liked the settings, not so much the setup. But the wisdom and insights were both great reminders of life lessons I already know and eye-openers for some new perspectives that for sure inspired me to live more fully. I've always wanted to be a morning person and this book has made me realize why I wanted to be. It's not exactly the earliness for me as much as it is about how one spends their first hour/s upon waking up. If I used to hit the snooze button couple of times before getting up, reading this book at least made me get up on the first alarm, for a week now. I would recommend for the anecdotes and insights. :) ...more (less)

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choose the book, what make you interest. never try to read the book what others recommended for you. so find a book that suits your life and which conchoose the book, what make you interest. never try to read the book what others recommended for you. so find a book that suits your life and which connect you deep dive into and makes interest. however before buying any book read anything shortly which makes you comfortable in a first chapter or skip to the next book. Rifaz Nilam...more (less)

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choose the book, what make you interest. never try to read the book what others recommended for you. so find a book that suits your life and which conchoose the book, what make you interest. never try to read the book what others recommended for you.

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Understanding is not enough. Since you wrote this comment, have you implemented the routine? I've started reading 4 days ago and 50% through, I've wokUnderstanding is not enough. Since you wrote this comment, have you implemented the routine? I've started reading 4 days ago and 50% through, I've woken up at 6:20 every day and feeling awesome! I would recommend you read the book. There may be some parts you can skip if you are familiar with the practices, but read all of the beginning of the book. ...more (less)

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Understanding is not enough. Since you wrote this comment, have you implemented the routine? I've started reading 4 days ago and 50% through, I've wokUnderstanding is not enough. Since you wrote this comment, have you implemented the routine? I've started reading 4 days ago and 50% through, I've woken up at 6:20 every day and feeling awesome!

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https://youtu.be/ze-93apelno Think Like a Monk
I just finished this book, and I have mixed feelings about it.

after reading many nonfiction books, I realized most books talk about the same stuff. ( sadly that is true with this book)

This book is basically summarizing jay's all youtube/Facebook videos.

Its an average read.

This book is divided into 3 parts basically,
1. Let go
2. Grow
3. Give

Then all parts are divided into further subchapters. Talking about fear, pain, ego, purpose, etc. all those emotio...more

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https://youtu.be/ze-93apelno Think Like a MonkI just finished this book, and I have mixed feelings about it. after reading many nonfiction books, I realized most books talk about the same stuff. ( sadly that is true with this book) This book is basically summarizing jay's all youtube/Facebook videos. Its an average read.

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نظرية الفستق 

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نظرية الفستق

كتاب سيغير طريقة تفكيرك وحكمك على الأشياء.
يحتوي على مجموعة مقالات تتمحور غالبا عن تطوير الذات والبرمجة اللغوية العصبية وطرق التفكير والوعي والسلوك الإنساني.

Self Help Nonfiction

332 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

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فهد عامر الأحمدي الحربي هو كاتب سعودي صاحب عامود حول العالم في جريدة الرياض. بدأ كتابة المقالة في جريدة المدينة، وفي 17 أغسطس 1991م نشر أول مقال له بعنوان "انف.جار سيبيريا" قبل أن ينتقل إلي جريدة الرياض وينشر أول مقال له في 21 سبتمبر 2000م ولا يزال كاتباً يومياً في جريدة الرياض.

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فهد عامر الأحمدي

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نظرية الفستق

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كتاب سيغير طريقة تفكيرك وحكمك على الأشياء. يحتوي على مجموعة مقالات تتمحور غالبا عن تطوير الذات والبرمجة اللغوية العصبية وطرق التفكير وا...

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فن اللامبالاة

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You've answered your own question. I agree with the author that my life is an example of what I did and did not give a fuck about. I, too, decided monYou've answered your own question. I agree with the author that my life is an example of what I did and did not give a fuck about. I, too, decided money was not important and guess what? Yep, was broke. Now I dare to care about money but more importantly I give a F$CK about how I make it more = no dilemma and not broke. I now own two start-ups that are radical in nature + go against what a lot of people thought would be successful. I did not give a f@ck about what they thought or about the money only about getting my product made and to market. It worked. Jenniferdawson...more (less)

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Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ Campbell

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Jessi ❤️ H. Vojsk [if villain, why hot?]

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Sep 18, 2018 D U N Y A rated it really liked it

من الجماليات التي أستشعرها من كتب المقالات كهذا الكتاب، هي رؤية أن الكتابة المستمرة -المدعومة بالقراءة- من المستحيل أن تخذلك!
سواءً أكانت يوميات تكتبها لنفسك أو شيء تشاركه مع غيرك، طعم اللحظة وشعور ما تحدثت عنه أثناء الكتابة يبقى كتجربة فريدة محفوظة في كلمات.
على كلٍ، قرأت تقريباً مقالات الكتاب جميعها من خلال المدونة وعبر الاشتراك بالمجموعة البريدية الخاصة بالكاتب، لكن أستمتعت بتصفحهم مجدداً في كتاب ورقي.

أحب من الكتابات ما يتحدث بصورة عفوية صادقة، ولا أهتم حقيقة ما إذا كنت أتفق مع الكاتب فيما يقول
من الجماليات التي أستشعرها من كتب المقالات كهذا الكتاب، هي رؤية أن الكتابة المستمرة -المدعومة بالقراءة- من المستحيل أن تخذلك!
سواءً أكانت يوميات تكتبها لنفسك أو شيء تشاركه مع غيرك، طعم اللحظة وشعور ما تحدثت عنه أثناء الكتابة يبقى كتجربة فريدة محفوظة في كلمات.
على كلٍ، قرأت تقريباً مقالات الكتاب جميعها من خلال المدونة وعبر الاشتراك بالمجموعة البريدية الخاصة بالكاتب، لكن أستمتعت بتصفحهم مجدداً في كتاب ورقي.

أحب من الكتابات ما يتحدث بصورة عفوية صادقة، ولا أهتم حقيقة ما إذا كنت أتفق مع الكاتب فيما يقول أم لا، لأني أكثر من ذلك أحب تجربة القراءة لمن يدون بصفة مستمرة، خاصة وإن كان بهيئة مقالات منوعة كهذا الكتاب.
وسبب ذلك هو أن الخبرة والتجربة الخالصة الشخصية أكثر أهمية لدي من موافقتها لآرائي؛ فأنا لا أبحث عمن يؤكد على ما أعتقد بقدر ما استمتاعي بالتجربة الفردية للأشخاص أياً كان نوعها وأياً كان هذا الشخص.

الأستاذ أحمد في هذا الكتاب تحدث بصورة جيدة وواضحة عن عدة مواضيع تم تصنيفها لفصول في هذا الكتاب، وحقيقةً لم أجد في الكتاب ذاك القدر الكبير من (المعلومات) مقارنة بكونه كتابة -لنقل- يوميات ولكن بصورة منظمة. ولا أعيب هذا على الكتاب بالطبع لكن هذا ما بدا لي. وعلى الرغم من ذلك، الخبرة الشخصية واضحة جداً في صفحات هذا الكتاب؛ أعني قد لا تجد معلومات مهيئة لك حول المواضيع المذكورة (العمل، الفن، سيكولوجية الإنسان..) ولكن بالطبع لن تخرج منه بلا فائدة.

أرشح قراءته في أي وقت حقيقةً، تستطيع أيضاً فتح أي صفحة من الكتاب وقراءة المقالة التي تظهر أمامك، ستكون بمثابة رسالة موجهة لك خصيصاً!

-عادةً لا أقوم بتقييم هذا النوع من الكتب لأن المقالات غالباً ما تكون متنوعة بين الجيد، العادي والمعتاد، لكن بصورة عامة ٤ نجوم يستحقها الكتاب-.
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Mar 16, 2018 Amal rated it it was amazing

كتاب ممتع و الجميل فيه أنه مقسم لأربعة أقسام بمواضيع مختلفة كل قسم يضم المقالات الخاصة به.. مما يتيح للقارئ اختيار المقالات المراد قرائتها .. أتمنى لكل من ينوي قرائته المتعة و الفائدة

الكتاب رائع بمعنى الكلمة ، لم يخب ظني بعد كتابه ثورة الفن ، مقالات متعددة المواضيع لكن تشترك في نفس المجال وهذا ما يسهل على القارئ ادمان قراءته للكتاب بدون توقف .
انصح به وبشدة

Apr 13, 2018 Reem Alshehri rated it really liked it

في البداية الكتاب عبارة عن تجميعات لأفضل ماكتبه الكاتب في صفحتة الاكترونية {المدونة شخصية للكاتب (amoshrif.com)} التي وثق فيها قصه أو درس أو فكره عن طريق نشرها على صفحتة الاكترونية ، وقسم محتوى الكتاب على عناوين رئسية (عن العمل ، و الفن ، و سيكلوجيا الانسان ) وفي كل قسم يضم جميع تدويناته المتعلقة به ، الكتاب جميل ،أحببته جدآ وخاصة وجهات نظر الكاتب في كثير من المواضيع .
((أشكر الكاتب على خطوتة العضيمه في نشر كتابه لان من خلال كتابه أكتشفت مدونته الشخصية ))
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لماذا أكتب لكم مقالات كل في البداية الكتاب عبارة عن تجميعات لأفضل ماكتبه الكاتب في صفحتة الاكترونية {المدونة شخصية للكاتب (amoshrif.com)} التي وثق فيها قصه أو درس أو فكره عن طريق نشرها على صفحتة الاكترونية ، وقسم محتوى الكتاب على عناوين رئسية (عن العمل ، و الفن ، و سيكلوجيا الانسان ) وفي كل قسم يضم جميع تدويناته المتعلقة به ، الكتاب جميل ،أحببته جدآ وخاصة وجهات نظر الكاتب في كثير من المواضيع .
((أشكر الكاتب على خطوتة العضيمه في نشر كتابه لان من خلال كتابه أكتشفت مدونته الشخصية ))
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لماذا أكتب لكم مقالات كل يوم ؟
""كل يوم فكرة ،كل يوم إلهام ،كل يوم خطوة جديدة بمقالة جديدة في محاولة مني للالتزام بتحقيق حلم ما .
عليك أن تكتب!"" ...more

كتاب يحمل في طياته الغث والسمين من المقالات التي كان يكتبها الكاتب على مدونته اليومية.

Jan 19, 2018 فاطم rated it really liked it

كتاب عبارة عن مقالات قصيرة قبل لا اقراه ماكنت حابة الفكرة اتوقعت من الكتب اللي مليانة ايجابية سطحية بس لمن بديت اقراه ماكنت اقدر اوقف اقرا مقال ورا الثاني تقسيمه حلو مواضيع حلوة عطاني طاقة ايجابية وفتح مخي على اشياء جديدة يستحق القراءة

Sep 15, 2017 Riyadh rated it really liked it

كتاب خفيف منوع ممتع اكيد راح تلقى فيه شي يعجبك

الكتاب مقسم إلى أربعة أجزاء:عن العمل، عن الفن: عن أداء العمل كفنانين وليس كمؤدي عمل (كتاب "ثورة الفن" كتب فيه أحمد مشرف عن الموضوع بتفصيل أكبر)، عن القراءة و الكتب : ستجد بعض الاقتراحات المفيدة والملهمة لقراءاتك القادمة ، عن سيكلوجيا الأنسان: كيف نتناول الأمور في حياتنا من ناحية نفسية إستنادا إلى بعض البحوث.
غالبًا ما تكون كتب المقالات خفيفة، لطيفة توصل فكرة محددة من خلال صفحة أو صفحيتن من دون أي تكلف وهذا الكتاب لم يخذلني. يتحدث الكتاب بصورة عفوية، أحب أن أعتقد أن المقالة التي أقرأها اليوم هي رس الكتاب مقسم إلى أربعة أجزاء:عن العمل، عن الفن: عن أداء العمل كفنانين وليس كمؤدي عمل (كتاب "ثورة الفن" كتب فيه أحمد مشرف عن الموضوع بتفصيل أكبر)، عن القراءة و الكتب : ستجد بعض الاقتراحات المفيدة والملهمة لقراءاتك القادمة ، عن سيكلوجيا الأنسان: كيف نتناول الأمور في حياتنا من ناحية نفسية إستنادا إلى بعض البحوث.
غالبًا ما تكون كتب المقالات خفيفة، لطيفة توصل فكرة محددة من خلال صفحة أو صفحيتن من دون أي تكلف وهذا الكتاب لم يخذلني. يتحدث الكتاب بصورة عفوية، أحب أن أعتقد أن المقالة التي أقرأها اليوم هي رسالة شخصية لي، لتمنحني تمعن أكبر من هذا الموضوع في كامل يومي.
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Jan 06, 2021 Fatima rated it it was ok

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الكتاب من اسمه عباره عن تجميع لمقالات الكاتب في كتاب. هذا النوع من الكتب يناسب القراء المبتدئين الي "ماعندهم وقت" يقرأ كتب متعمقه في موضوع واحد. قرأت للكاتب كتب ثانيه وكانت من افضل الكتب العربيه الي قرأتها. اذا ماكنت تحب كتب المقالات او كتب تطوير الذات هذا الكتاب ليس لك .ماضاف لي اي جديد لانه تكرار لمواضيع موجوده من قبل في كتب ثانيه.
*2.5
الكتاب من اسمه عباره عن تجميع لمقالات الكاتب في كتاب. هذا النوع من الكتب يناسب القراء المبتدئين الي "ماعندهم وقت" يقرأ كتب متعمقه في موضوع واحد. قرأت للكاتب كتب ثانيه وكانت من افضل الكتب العربيه الي قرأتها. اذا ماكنت تحب كتب المقالات او كتب تطوير الذات هذا الكتاب ليس لك .ماضاف لي اي جديد لانه تكرار لمواضيع موجوده من قبل في كتب ثانيه.
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Mar 28, 2021 Saad rated it really liked it

مقالات جميلة في اغلبها وعصارة ما قرأه وسمعه المولف كتاب ممتع

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مدوان للكاتب والمدون أحمد مشرف
كتاب يحتوي على اكثر من مقال وتم تفصيله لأربع اجزاء
جزء يتحدث عن العمل وقيمه ومايهم فيه
جزء يتحدث عن الفن والأبداع والكتابة
جزء يتحدث عن القراءة والكتب
وآخر جزء عن سيكولوجيا الإنسان
قرأت الكتاب على مشارف نهاية العام الماضي وبدأت في متابعة الكاتب على احد صفحاته
أدهشني الكم الهائل من المقالات وإصراره على مواصلة الكتابة في كل يوم كنصيحة لأي كاتب ولأي شخص
كتاب يستحق الاقتناء
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كاتب سعودي ومدون شبه يومي في صفحته (amoshrif.com). مقيم في جدة، يسعى لتغير مجتمعه من خلال توثيق والتجارب الأفكار وتدوينها. معظم كتاباته تدور حول العمل والفن وسيكلوجيا الإنسان.
مؤسس مبادرة "توثيق"، لتوثيق الخبرات والمعرفة.
كاتب سعودي ومدون شبه يومي في صفحته (amoshrif.com). مقيم في جدة، يسعى لتغير مجتمعه من خلال توثيق والتجارب الأفكار وتدوينها. معظم كتاباته تدور حول العمل والفن وسيكلوجيا الإنسان.
مؤسس مبادرة "توثيق"، لتوثيق الخبرات والمعرفة.
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4 أدوات و تطبيقات لا غنى عنهم للإنجاز و زيادة الإنتاجية.👌

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كيف أصبحوا عظماء؟

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I read this in high school and it was extremely annoying not motivating at all and i only read it because my mom made me read it to improve my arabic lmao idk why i'm posting this but stupid book i fucking hate capitalism making these stupid ass vain motivational inspirational books ...more

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Apr 16, 2018 Maha rated it it was amazing

من اكثر الكتب اللي استمتعت فيها ، كتاب مُلهِم بحق.

هذا الكتاب ملهم
كعادة هجوم النظرة الأولى للكتب كان توقعي أن الكتاب يتحدث عن الفنانين وحياتهم المهنية !
ولكن بعد اطلاعي على اقتباسات من الكتاب تغيرت نظرتي كلياً وحرصت على تعجيل قراءته.
الكتاب جاء في ثلاث فصول ، في كل منها تقرأ عدة معاني تحفيزية تعزز قيمك الإنسانية وأن بداخلك شعلة متقدة ما إن اشعلتها اشرقت حياتك ، تحدث الكاتب عن تجربته المهنية وانطلاقته وذكر عدة قصص موجزة بين ثنايا الكتاب لمجموعة ناجحين (فنانين) تحول نجاحهم لفن فتخلدت اسماؤهم في ذاكرتنا ، كما تطرق لمقولات تحفيزية لكثير منهم.
اذاتساء هذا الكتاب ملهم
كعادة هجوم النظرة الأولى للكتب كان توقعي أن الكتاب يتحدث عن الفنانين وحياتهم المهنية !
ولكن بعد اطلاعي على اقتباسات من الكتاب تغيرت نظرتي كلياً وحرصت على تعجيل قراءته.
الكتاب جاء في ثلاث فصول ، في كل منها تقرأ عدة معاني تحفيزية تعزز قيمك الإنسانية وأن بداخلك شعلة متقدة ما إن اشعلتها اشرقت حياتك ، تحدث الكاتب عن تجربته المهنية وانطلاقته وذكر عدة قصص موجزة بين ثنايا الكتاب لمجموعة ناجحين (فنانين) تحول نجاحهم لفن فتخلدت اسماؤهم في ذاكرتنا ، كما تطرق لمقولات تحفيزية لكثير منهم.
اذاتساءل أحدكم عن ماذا يتحدث كتاب ثورة الفن ؟
سأجيب ببساطة / يتحدث عن آلية العمل كيف تحولها من آلة إنسانية تعمل إلى هاوي ومستمتع بالعمل ، كيف تتحول من مؤد للعمل إلى فنان يعمل بكل طاقة وحيوية.
كما تطرق لعدة قناعات يعيشها ويتعايش معها كل فنان
يتحدث عن الإلهام المخاطرة عن أن المواهب وحدها لا تصنع منك فنانا ، عن الهدف الذي تعيش لأجله ، وعن صناعتك لحياة تعيشها ولا تهرب منها.
الكتاب ملهم جداً يجعلك تستمتع بكل عمل تقوم به ، تقدسه وتخلص في تقديمه برضا .
الأشخاص الناجحين المبدعين الذين يسعون لإنتاجية أكبر لتتظيم أكثر الكتاب سيكون انطلاقة في مسيرتكم ...more

كتابٌ واقعي .. جداً، وصادق للغاية، ومليء بالمعلومات،
وأفضل من هذا كله أنه عملي.
يرسم لك طريقاً واضحاً بمعالمه، شاقّاً في الصبر على طوله وامتداده، طريقاً لأجمل ما يمكن أن تعيشه في حياتك.
يكتب الكاتب عن الحياة الأخرى التي دائماً ما نحلم بها ونراها أنها الأجمل والأفضل، خصوصاً للموظفين الذين ضاعت أحلامهم وذواتهم بين العمل والمسؤوليات خارج العمل.

خطوات لا بد أن تتخذها بصارمة وحزم .. لتجد أنك قادر على العيش بطريقة أخرى .. أجمل وأنفع لك ولمن حولك، تماماً كما يحاول الكاتب أحمد مشرف فعله بكتابته لهذا الكتاب
كتابٌ واقعي .. جداً، وصادق للغاية، ومليء بالمعلومات،
وأفضل من هذا كله أنه عملي.
يرسم لك طريقاً واضحاً بمعالمه، شاقّاً في الصبر على طوله وامتداده، طريقاً لأجمل ما يمكن أن تعيشه في حياتك.
يكتب الكاتب عن الحياة الأخرى التي دائماً ما نحلم بها ونراها أنها الأجمل والأفضل، خصوصاً للموظفين الذين ضاعت أحلامهم وذواتهم بين العمل والمسؤوليات خارج العمل.

خطوات لا بد أن تتخذها بصارمة وحزم .. لتجد أنك قادر على العيش بطريقة أخرى .. أجمل وأنفع لك ولمن حولك، تماماً كما يحاول الكاتب أحمد مشرف فعله بكتابته لهذا الكتاب والمقالات الأخرى في مدوّنته

.. يقول الكاتب في أوّل كتابه:
(ليس الهدف من محتوى هذا الكتاب أن يكون أحد الكتب الأخرى لتطوير الذات، ولم أنوِ حقيقة أن أجعله يتناول سيرة الفنانين الذاتية لأمجّد أحدهم أو أستثني آخرين .. وإنما كل ما حرصت عليه في هذا الكتاب أن أشرح مفهوم الفن والفنانين من وجهة نظري الشخصية حتى وإن كانت بعض أعمالهم لا تتفق مع قناعات مجتمعنا المحافظة، فكل التركيز هنا سيدور حول السلوك والعناصر الفعّالة التي ارتأيت حصرها وتلخيصها للقارئ الكريم ليتسنى تطبيقها في حياته أيّاً كانت ظروفه وأحلامه )

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أربع نجمات .. والخامسة ذهبت ضحية الغلاف الخلفي الغير مناسب ولوجود بعض الأخطاء المطبعية ولكثرة الموضوعات الفرعية في بعض أجزاء الكتاب مما يصيب القارئ بشيء بسيط من الضياع .. قدر بسيط فقط!

أخيراً .. شكراً لك أستاذ أحمد :)
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هذا الكتاب يحدثك عن الحياة التي ترغب بها وكيف يفترض بك أن تعيشها،
أن تعيش كفنان يحب فنّه ويزاول مهنته بشغف لا أن تكون مجرد 'مؤدّ للعمل' يضيع وقته وجهده من أجل المال فقط
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يتكون الكتاب من ثلاثة أجزاء، أعجبني جداً الجزء الثاني حيث تحدث فيه الكاتب عن ثمانية قناعات مشتركة في حياة الناجحين صنعت الفارق في حياتهم، تلك العناصر الثمانية تتعلق بالسلوك فقط دون أي معطيات أخرى، ليؤكد لك الكاتب أن كل نجاح وفن في هذه الدنيا يرتبط بحالة عقلية محددة وبطقوس متواصلة دون توقف؛ ليصبح أي فنان بعدها في قمة الهرم
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يختم
هذا الكتاب يحدثك عن الحياة التي ترغب بها وكيف يفترض بك أن تعيشها،
أن تعيش كفنان يحب فنّه ويزاول مهنته بشغف لا أن تكون مجرد 'مؤدّ للعمل' يضيع وقته وجهده من أجل المال فقط
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يتكون الكتاب من ثلاثة أجزاء، أعجبني جداً الجزء الثاني حيث تحدث فيه الكاتب عن ثمانية قناعات مشتركة في حياة الناجحين صنعت الفارق في حياتهم، تلك العناصر الثمانية تتعلق بالسلوك فقط دون أي معطيات أخرى، ليؤكد لك الكاتب أن كل نجاح وفن في هذه الدنيا يرتبط بحالة عقلية محددة وبطقوس متواصلة دون توقف؛ ليصبح أي فنان بعدها في قمة الهرم
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يختم الكاتب كتابه الرآئع بذكر بعض الأدوات التي تساعدك للتعلم الذاتي لبناء تجربتك وخبرتك الخاصة،
الكتاب ملهم ومحفز فعلاً ويساعدك على صنع فن مميز يختص بك
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نفس ما كتب الكاتب بالمقدمة "هذا الكتاب للأشخاص الذين يريدون أن يعيشوا حياتهم الثانية ..." نفس ما كتب الكاتب بالمقدمة "هذا الكتاب للأشخاص الذين يريدون أن يعيشوا حياتهم الثانية ..." ...more

غالبًا أنا أقرأ الكتاب مرة واحدة ثم اتركه ورائي ورقًا وفي عقلي فكرًا، لكن ثورة الفن ليس من هذا النوع الذي يُترك ببساطة، سأقرأه مجددًا، وهذا أمر نادر لا يحدث إلا مع كتاب واحد من كل ألف كتاب اقرأه.

الكتاب جيد فهو يفتح آفاق لمفهوم ان الوظيفة ليست كل شي،
وانه ع المرء إدارك حقيقة مايريد ان يصبح وفي اي مجال ستكون بصمته ، ارى انه ع كل طلاب الجامعة وخريجي الثانوية قراءته.
سلبيات الكتاب:
١- الاطالة بذكر تفاصيل الفكرة ، الهدف واضح من الفكرة ولكن التفاصيل كثيرة و مكررة.
٢- لم يخلق الكاتب جوء خاص بالكتاب.

كتاب رائع جداً .. نادراً ما تجد كتاب يجمع البساطة وعظمة الفكرة في آن واحد ..
يناسب الجميع سواءً المبتدئ أو المتوسط أو حتى المتقدم، وهذي ميزة عظيمة في الكتاب، ولازلت محتار رغم تكرر بعض أفكار الكتاب لدي إلا أني وجدتها عظيمة في طريقة طرحها وربطها مع الأفكار الأخرى ..

سعيد بوجود كاتب من أبناء وطني بهالعقلية ..

من الكتب المفضله ، واقعي جدًا وفيه كمية تفاءل كبيره ،حبيت بساطته وقدرته في إيصال الفكره
كتاب ملهم ويستحق القراءه عدة مرات

كتابٌ - على عكس ما كنت أتوقع! - رائع.

Mar 22, 2019 Medusa Ghin rated it did not like it

نقدي لگتاب [ ثورة فن ]:
أعترف أنه گتاب أنيق جداً في اسمه وفتني أيما فتنة،
وأختم جملتي بفاصلة لا نقطة تعقيباً للآتي، لگن وگما هو متعارف عليه فإنه لا يحگم علىٰ الگتب من غلافها فحسب.

حقيقةً أُثني علىٰ الگاتب لغته البسيطة السهلة والزاخرة بالمحسنات البديعية، والتي ترتبط ارتباطاً وثيقاً لمخاطبتها العامة، وتبقىٰ نقطة ملاحظتي محصورة في إن گان لب موضوعگ - عزيزي الگاتب - قد فقد سحره وتوصلتُ لمغزاه من مستهل گتابگ، فلا حاجة لي للمضي في قراءة باقي الصفحات!
گيف تريد مني أن أشاهد فلماً شيقاً بعد أن أفسدت علي نهايت
نقدي لگتاب [ ثورة فن ]:
أعترف أنه گتاب أنيق جداً في اسمه وفتني أيما فتنة،
وأختم جملتي بفاصلة لا نقطة تعقيباً للآتي، لگن وگما هو متعارف عليه فإنه لا يحگم علىٰ الگتب من غلافها فحسب.

حقيقةً أُثني علىٰ الگاتب لغته البسيطة السهلة والزاخرة بالمحسنات البديعية، والتي ترتبط ارتباطاً وثيقاً لمخاطبتها العامة، وتبقىٰ نقطة ملاحظتي محصورة في إن گان لب موضوعگ - عزيزي الگاتب - قد فقد سحره وتوصلتُ لمغزاه من مستهل گتابگ، فلا حاجة لي للمضي في قراءة باقي الصفحات!
گيف تريد مني أن أشاهد فلماً شيقاً بعد أن أفسدت علي نهايته من الإعلان؟!

رسالة گتابگ مفادها هي: ( اعمل بشغف ) - وهي رسالة خلاقة لا غبار عليها إن أردت رأيي - وهذا جُل ما استشفه من صفحاته الأولىٰ حتىٰ خاتمته، وگما هو معروف في الأوساط الفنية من گون الشغف أعم وأشمل من الفن وينبثق من الداخل إلىٰ الخارج يحث علىٰ الإبداع دون أن يگون محدوداً بحيزٍ أو فراغ، فلا حاجة إذاً لگل هذا العزوف عن الوظائف البسيطة، أو فقط الرگون إليها بشگل مؤقت، وتخصيص الأعمال الحرة للفن ورواده.

گان بستطاعة الگاتب أن يستميل القارئ أگثر لوجهة نظره بتفادي بث النزاع علىٰ الأعمال الروتينية، واستبدالها بوظيفة الأحلام، فلگل شخص وظيفة أحلامه مهما بدت رتيبة ومملة في نظر غيره، لا داعي لتحقير أي عمل بسيط ورتيب إن گان صاحبه راضٍ عنه، " وهنا يگمن جوهر نقدي؛ أعني أن تگون شغوفاً بعملگ راضٍ عنه وملتزماً بأخلاقيات ديننا الحنيف من حيث مداراة الناس والتبسم وحب المساعدة، لا يتطلب منگ أن تگون مديراً تنفيذياً تترأس صفوة القوم ومگانگ في قمة الهرم الاجتماعي حتىٰ تستمتع بلقب ( فنـان ) ".

أيضاً ( مؤدي العمل ) - گما تحب أن تسميه - ما هو إلا انسان من جنسنا البشري وهبه الله عز وجل دور في هذه الإرض لإعمارها بوظيفته الشريفة البسيطة مثله مثل باقي زملائه، گان من الأجدر بگ - عزيزي الگاتب - تگريس جهودگ گلها في القول عن اتباع شغفگ أثناء أداء وظيفتگ، فـ إن لم تجده فـ اعتزلها وأبحث عن ضالتگ المنشودة في مگانٍ آخر والاستمرار في الضرب علىٰ هذا الوتر وانتهىٰ الأمر.

خلاصة قولي: الگتاب لا بأس به گونه يخاطب العامة، لگن وجه القصور فيه هي نقطتين:
الأولىٰ استباط فگرة الگتاب من أول فصوله دون الحاجة لإگماله.
آخرها تعظيم الوظائف الحرة وأنها هي مگمن الفن وتسفيه مادونها.
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Aug 21, 2017 RGD rated it really liked it

للوهلة الأولى تظن أن الكتاب يتحدث عن تاريخ الثورة في عالم الفن، أو أنه يختص بالفن والفنانين. إلا أن بعد أن تبدأ بقراءته ستجد بأن مداركك قد اتسعت لتفهم ما معنى الفن وكيف أن عقولنا حصرته في معنى ضيق. الفن هنا هو الإبداع البشري في كل ما يصنعه ويعمله الإنسان. يوقد الكتاب فيك شحنة من الطاقة الإيجابية نحو الإبداع والتفكير غير المألوف ويدعو إلى كسر أي حواجز معيقة كالخوف والفشل.
يحتوي الكتاب على كثير من العبارات الملهمة والدروس الشخصية التي يحكيها الكاتب عن نفسه.
إن كنتم من محبي قراءة التجارب الشخصية ومشا
للوهلة الأولى تظن أن الكتاب يتحدث عن تاريخ الثورة في عالم الفن، أو أنه يختص بالفن والفنانين. إلا أن بعد أن تبدأ بقراءته ستجد بأن مداركك قد اتسعت لتفهم ما معنى الفن وكيف أن عقولنا حصرته في معنى ضيق. الفن هنا هو الإبداع البشري في كل ما يصنعه ويعمله الإنسان. يوقد الكتاب فيك شحنة من الطاقة الإيجابية نحو الإبداع والتفكير غير المألوف ويدعو إلى كسر أي حواجز معيقة كالخوف والفشل.
يحتوي الكتاب على كثير من العبارات الملهمة والدروس الشخصية التي يحكيها الكاتب عن نفسه.
إن كنتم من محبي قراءة التجارب الشخصية ومشاركتها الاخرين، فهذا الكتاب خير نموذج لذلك. فأسلوب الطرح والعرض يقارب ما نجده في كتب تنمية الذات العالمية.

طريقة إخراج الكتاب غير اعتيادية، ابتداءًا بتصميم الغلاف حتى سرد المراجع التي تم استعراضها بطريقة مبتكرة جعلها جزء مهم في الكتاب لا يمكن تجاوزه.
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من الكتب الرائعة والمميزة خصوصاً للحالمين الذين لديهم ملكة الشغف والطموح العالي . بحث وانتاج فكري ممزوج بالتجربة الشخصية وتجارب أنجح الأشخاص العالميين . أظن هذا الكتاب جاء في وقته تماماً عندما قرأته حيث ترادفت مفردة الفن في العمل في مخيلتي
وتذكرت الكتاب لأقرأه وأجد تأطيراً ثقافياً وعلمياً لما أبحث عنه . وأنا متيقن تماماً بأنك لن تكمل هذا الكتاب السلس إلا وقد خرجت بفائدة أو معلومة قد تفيدك في حياتك العملية الحالية أو المقبلة .

الكتاب كان بمثابة بوصلتي لهذا العام ،سقط بين يداي في اول يوم في بداية هذه السنة ، كان يقرأني اكثر من انني اقرأه ،كانت السطور تخاطبني بشكل كبير ،تحفز ،تهدد ،تندد بكل كلمة تحفيزية كتبت عن الفن وماهيته ! تساؤلات سكنتني كثيرًا ووجدت اجابتها بإيجاز ، تلخيص لرحلة الفن بتجارب غزيرة بقلم شاب ذكي ومؤمن بموهبته وبمعنى الفن حياة ، شكًرا للكاتب احمد كان بمثابة هدية ثمنية في بداية العام لتدون اهدافي بشكل مختلف عن ما سبق ، انصح كل مهتم بقراءته سيلهمك بلا شك ، فقط اقرأ

للتو انتهيت من قراءة هذا الكتاب اللطيف،الذي جاء ليتحدث عن الحياة التي نرغب جميعا في ان نعيشهاكفنانين لاكمزاولين لمهنة تقتضي منا صبرا وتحملا لاعبااء لانحبها ولانهدف من مزاولتها الا الهدف المادي .. حياتك كفنان تعطي للحياة طعمها ومعناها هذا الكتاب تحفيزي وملهم ومثير لكثير من الشجونالتي اعتقد انها تعترينا جميعا اتمنى ان يقرأه الجميع حيث انه كتب للجميع وسيظل محفزا للجميع
تحية

أسلوب الكتاب يشعرني بأني أقرأ مدونة وليس كتابا، وهو في العموم كتاب جيد استمتعت بما فيه. كتاب خفيف على النفس وبسيط في لغته. أصنفه من كتب تطوير الذات برغم أني العنوان أوهمني أنه يربط بين علم النفس والفنون لكنه في الحقيقة مجموعة من التأملات في أسلوب حياة الفنان (وهو المبدع كما يعرّفه الكاتب فلم يقصر مسمى الفنان على من يختص بإنتاج الأعمال الفنية).

كان مكرر بالنسبة لي في نقاط و في نقاط وسّع مفهومها بشكل أكبر
جميل الكتاب جدًا
ثورة الفن لا يقتصر فقط على الأعمال الفنيّة و الغناء و ماهوَ متعارف عليه، بل فكرة الكتاب كيف نعيش بفن برضا عن حياتنا كيف نحوِّل أمور لا تعجبنا لأمور تعجبنا ؛)

كتاب أستمد شهرته من اقتباسات قراءه مما دفعني إلى الحلم باقتناءه
..و .. انتهيت من قرائته في يومين
كتاب مميز جداً وملهم لكل شخص تائه في تحديد فنه أو الشيء المبدع فيه ولكل شخص يبرع في شيء ما ولكن لا يعرف كيف يستثمره
كتاب مفعم بالطاقة والحيوية .. يغذي الروح ويملؤها طموح

كتاب ضعيف جدًا، من ناحية الكتابة وطرح الأفكار
لم ألمس الفن في الكتاب

أنا حقاً أكثر من مُلهمة بعد قراءة هذا الكتاب. خسارة عظيمة لكل من مؤدين العمل و الفنانين إن لم يهمّواًبقراءته! الجميل أن عنوانه يحمل معنى أبعد و أجمل مما يظنّه القارئ للمرة الاولى

كتااب جمييل لم ارغب في انتهاءه احببت بساطتة الكتابه وسهولة دخول المعلومات الى القلب والعقل
شكراً لأنك فنان يا أستاذ احمد

جميل جدا مفيد للجميع وخاصة من لديه احلام وطموحات يريد تحقيقها. لم أعطه ٥ نجمات لكثرة الأخطاء الإملائية والنحوية

يطرح الكاتب الفن كمفهوم لأسلوب حياة يساعدنا على عيشها بشكل صحيح، بحيث نستطيع بمزاولته تحقيق أحلامنا ورغباتنا. بدأ الكاتب أولًا بتوضيح الفرق ما بين الفنان والآخرين (مؤدو العمل)، وأن المرء عليه أن يعمل في حياته بغرض هدف يختاره لتصبح حياته بعد ذلك مربوطة بهذا الهدف. بعد ذلك ذكر أهمية المخاطرة والمحاولة وإن كانت نسبة الفشل قائمة؛ فالمرء لا يتعلم إلا بالمحاولة وبالتجربة والخطأ. ومن ثم استشهد بحقيقة احتفاء التاريخ بالفنانين الذين صنعوا الفرق النادر. ومن ضمن الأمور التي تتطرق إليها هو سلوك الفنانين وال يطرح الكاتب الفن كمفهوم لأسلوب حياة يساعدنا على عيشها بشكل صحيح، بحيث نستطيع بمزاولته تحقيق أحلامنا ورغباتنا. بدأ الكاتب أولًا بتوضيح الفرق ما بين الفنان والآخرين (مؤدو العمل)، وأن المرء عليه أن يعمل في حياته بغرض هدف يختاره لتصبح حياته بعد ذلك مربوطة بهذا الهدف. بعد ذلك ذكر أهمية المخاطرة والمحاولة وإن كانت نسبة الفشل قائمة؛ فالمرء لا يتعلم إلا بالمحاولة وبالتجربة والخطأ. ومن ثم استشهد بحقيقة احتفاء التاريخ بالفنانين الذين صنعوا الفرق النادر. ومن ضمن الأمور التي تتطرق إليها هو سلوك الفنانين والمميز في هذا الجزء أن الفنانين استطاعوا أن يتغلبوا على "الخوف" وأن يقاوموا "المزاجية". في الجزء الثاني تحدث الكاتب عن القناعات التي يعيشها الفنان والذي جعلته يصل لأهدافه، وأكثر القناعات التي لفتت نظري هي الإلهام وحقيقته وأنه يعتبر من ضمن العمل، فلن يأتيك الإلهام إذا لم تبدأ في الأصل. الحب أيضًا من وجهة نظر سابقة أرى أنه مهم كي يحدد الشخص ولعه بشيء ما فيختار بعد ذلك فنه المفضل. ذكر أيضًا الكاتب الغزارة كقناعة يعيشها الفنان حيث يعمل بكثافة في وقت قياسي كي يصل إلى النجاح والاحترافية. وفي الجزء الثالث تحدث الكاتب عن كيفية صنع الفن، وأن المعرفة مهمة، أيضًا المثابرة هي الفارق في حياة الفنان أولًا وآخرًا. ...more

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هذا الكتاب يحدثنا عن الحياة التي نرغب بها وكيف يفترض بنا أن نعيشها
"كيف تعيش كفنان لا كمؤدٍ للعمل"
اول ماقرأت عنوان الكتاب ظننت انه يتحدث عن فن معين
لكن هو ليس كما ظننت بل يتحدث عن الفن الذي بداخل كل شخص وكيف نطور هذا الفن ونتعامل معه يومياً حتى نصل إلى النجاح .

من الكتب التي تستحق القراءة اكثر من مره
هو شبيه بكتب تطوير الذات وبعض الأفكار المطروحه فيه مكررة لكن طريقة طرحه مقنعة وسهلة
أهنيه على حسن اختيار اقتباساته الواقعية والمُحفزة

اقتباساتي من الكتاب:
1. ستكون بالفعل ذلك الفنان الذي لايمكن للمجتمع

هذا الكتاب يحدثنا عن الحياة التي نرغب بها وكيف يفترض بنا أن نعيشها
"كيف تعيش كفنان لا كمؤدٍ للعمل"
اول ماقرأت عنوان الكتاب ظننت انه يتحدث عن فن معين
لكن هو ليس كما ظننت بل يتحدث عن الفن الذي بداخل كل شخص وكيف نطور هذا الفن ونتعامل معه يومياً حتى نصل إلى النجاح .

من الكتب التي تستحق القراءة اكثر من مره
هو شبيه بكتب تطوير الذات وبعض الأفكار المطروحه فيه مكررة لكن طريقة طرحه مقنعة وسهلة
أهنيه على حسن اختيار اقتباساته الواقعية والمُحفزة

اقتباساتي من الكتاب:
1. ستكون بالفعل ذلك الفنان الذي لايمكن للمجتمع الاستغناء عنه بعد فترة بل وربما ستنتقل تدريجياً من خانة الموظَف للمُوظِف وستكون بالطبع فنان عوضاً عن تأدية العمل لمجرد العمل.
2. أن تتعلم... لتُعلم... لتنشر فنك... لتعيشه.
3. أن تقاوم كل يوم لعشر سنوات .. ربما ستكون أحد الفنانين من خانة النجاح.
4. الغزارة في الإنتاج تُعطيك المزيد ولاتُنقص من مخزونك؛ لأن كل إنتاج جديد سيتفادى العيوب والسخافات القديمة.
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ان تتعلم..لتُعلم..لتنشر فنك..لتعيشه
هذه الجملة اتت بكل مافي الكتاب ، كتاب اتى بغلاف ملفت بألوانه الزاهية ، ضم بين غلافيه كيف تخرج مابداخلك من انجاز دون ان تكون مجرد مؤدي للشيء انما كيف تكون محبا لما تعمل فتخرج مابداخلك من فنان من اجلك واجله ، ان تكون فنانا فيما تقدم هذا بحد ذاته انجاز لنفسك وانجاز لمن حولك ان تكون بينهم منتجا بشكل افضل وبشكل محفز
هي طريقة تعايش مع ماقد يخرج منك من فن لتعيشه وتتمتع وتُمتع
ارى اننا بحاجة ماسة ان نبحث ونفتش داخلنا بدلا من روتين قد يجعلنا نفقد لذة حياتنا ف طابت اوقاتكم
ان تتعلم..لتُعلم..لتنشر فنك..لتعيشه
هذه الجملة اتت بكل مافي الكتاب ، كتاب اتى بغلاف ملفت بألوانه الزاهية ، ضم بين غلافيه كيف تخرج مابداخلك من انجاز دون ان تكون مجرد مؤدي للشيء انما كيف تكون محبا لما تعمل فتخرج مابداخلك من فنان من اجلك واجله ، ان تكون فنانا فيما تقدم هذا بحد ذاته انجاز لنفسك وانجاز لمن حولك ان تكون بينهم منتجا بشكل افضل وبشكل محفز
هي طريقة تعايش مع ماقد يخرج منك من فن لتعيشه وتتمتع وتُمتع
ارى اننا بحاجة ماسة ان نبحث ونفتش داخلنا بدلا من روتين قد يجعلنا نفقد لذة حياتنا فيما نعمل ولمن نعمل وباش شكل سوف ننتج والفرق بين ماننتجة كفنانين وبين ماننتجة كمؤديين ولا نشعر بلذة مابين ايدينا من نعم
الفن الذي داخلك نعمة فإستغلها بشكل ايجابي ومحفز لك ومن ثم الآخرين.
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لم اسأل نفسي يوماً ماهو الفرق بيني كموظف وبين من يدير عمله الخاص سواء كان تجارياً او فنياً او غير ذلك ؟ بعد قراءة هذا الكتاب عرفت الفرق ووجدت في طيات الكتاب تذكيراً لي بكثير من الأمور التي لم اعتد ان اسأل لماذا أقوم بها ؟ لماذا لا أحب عملي ؟ لماذا لا ارغب في تطوير نفسي داخل مجالي الوظيفي ؟ ماهو الفرق بيننا كموظفين و اصحاب المهن في الازمنة السابقة مثل الحدادين والنجارين ؟ .. تفاصيل كثيرة عن ارتباطك بالعمل ومدى تقبلك له تجدها في هذا الـكتاب الذي سيغير طريقة تفكيرك تجاه ما تقوم به كل يوم .. أيضاً ق لم اسأل نفسي يوماً ماهو الفرق بيني كموظف وبين من يدير عمله الخاص سواء كان تجارياً او فنياً او غير ذلك ؟ بعد قراءة هذا الكتاب عرفت الفرق ووجدت في طيات الكتاب تذكيراً لي بكثير من الأمور التي لم اعتد ان اسأل لماذا أقوم بها ؟ لماذا لا أحب عملي ؟ لماذا لا ارغب في تطوير نفسي داخل مجالي الوظيفي ؟ ماهو الفرق بيننا كموظفين و اصحاب المهن في الازمنة السابقة مثل الحدادين والنجارين ؟ .. تفاصيل كثيرة عن ارتباطك بالعمل ومدى تقبلك له تجدها في هذا الـكتاب الذي سيغير طريقة تفكيرك تجاه ما تقوم به كل يوم .. أيضاً قدّم الكتاب وصفة للوصول الى حالة الرضا عما تفعله وكيف يمكنك ان تحول وظيفتك التي لا تحبها الى شغف يومي لا تكتفي منه ، كتاب ملهم ومليء بالاقتباسات الجميلة أنصح بقراءته ...more

Nov 03, 2020 Raneem rated it it was amazing

لطالما آمنت أن من نعيم الحياة أن تمارس ماتحب..فكيف لو كان ماتحب هو مصدر دخلك أو جزء أساس من حياتك اليومية ..
ثورة الفن يجعلك تتمرد على مفهوم الوظيفة النمطي (مؤدي العمل) ويعطيك خريطة عمليه لتعمل كفنان
قرأته مرتين..مُلهم وعملي

Apr 06, 2017 Cady Ali rated it it was amazing

برأيي المتواضع أعتقد أن هذا الكتاب نقلة حضارية للمحتوى العربي المعاصر
كتاب رائع جدا، ينم عن اتساع في المعرفة و الطموح
و رحلة من الشغف اللذيذ..
أتمنى أن يصل هذا الكتاب إلى أيدي كل من يملك فناً بداخله
فهو كأمانةٍ يجب أن تصل لتدفع بفنهم إلى الأمام !

كتب فأجاد المحتوى و اللغة و الرحلة!

Mar 06, 2018 Blqees rated it it was amazing

الكتاب جدًا جميل ومحفّز ورائع، لا يسعني إلا شُكر المؤلف على هذه الطاقة القوية! ولو اني اؤمن انّ طرق الوصول للنجاح متعددة وكثيرة وقد لا تنحصر، ولكنه هذا الكتاب يفي بغرض تحفيز كل من ستسقط عليه يده ليتبع شغفه.
شكرًا أحمد.

ما يميز هذا الكتاب انه تحدث عن الفن وقيمته في حياتنا وفي تنمية ذواتنا وهو ما نفتقره في كثير من كتب التنمية في الوطن العربي
كتاب فريد من نوعه فكرة و طرح

كاتب سعودي ومدون شبه يومي في صفحته (amoshrif.com). مقيم في جدة، يسعى لتغير مجتمعه من خلال توثيق والتجارب الأفكار وتدوينها. معظم كتاباته تدور حول العمل والفن وسيكلوجيا الإنسان.
مؤسس مبادرة "توثيق"، لتوثيق الخبرات والمعرفة.
كاتب سعودي ومدون شبه يومي في صفحته (amoshrif.com). مقيم في جدة، يسعى لتغير مجتمعه من خلال توثيق والتجارب الأفكار وتدوينها. معظم كتاباته تدور حول العمل والفن وسيكلوجيا الإنسان.
مؤسس مبادرة "توثيق"، لتوثيق الخبرات والمعرفة.
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Feb 03, 2020 Majid rated it really liked it

كتاب معلومات عامه يتحدث عن شخصيات اثرت ايجابيا في في هذا العالم ..جميعها موجودة في النت لو بحثت عن الشخصيات ولكن يحسب للكاتب انه احضر شخصيات لم اكن اعرف عنها شيء..
لم يتطرق الكاتب لاراءه كثيرا ..
المميز فيه هو تسلسل الشخصيات طبقا لتخصصاتهم فتجدهم قريبين من بعض فتسهل المقارنة لديك ..

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الكتاب خفيف و بسيط لكن استغرب تناقض الاحمدي لانه كلما وضع شخصية طبيب او مكتشف اثر ايجابا في البشرية يكتب ان الاعلام والصحافة تركز على هتلر ونابليون وينسون الاطباء و العلماء مع انه وضع شخصية مؤسس عائلة روتشيلد العائلة التي اقتات من الجروب و دعمت كل الاحزاب المتطرفة وهي العائلة التي ساهمت في صعود هتلر و الحزب النازي
بالمجمل الكتاب يتكلم عن ٥٥ شخصية يفترض انها ان لم تخدم البشرية فهي لم تضرها
اعرف اغلبها لكن هنا ٧ من الشخصيات لم لكن اعرف عنها شيئاً
وايضاً اختلف معه بتفضيل فولتير على روسو

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مو بمستوى الكاتب فهد الأحمدي. ممل نوعًا ما.

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اعجبني تنوع الشخصيات.. في اغلب المجالات.. وفي عدة أزمنة.. الصور تعطي فكرة وتجذب.. تعليقات الكتاب متنوعة.. و تنم على ثقافته.. وبسيطة بدون تعقيد. . يعتبر من الكتب الخفيفة.. حيث يمكن قراءة اي شخصية بدون اي ترتيب..

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الكتاب عبارة عن مقالات مرا استمعت فيه وخصوصا بعض المقالات اللي حطيت عليها علامه وحردع اقرأها ان شاءالله .. انصح فيه خصوصا للمبتدئين بالقراءة.

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الكتاب كله (قراته عندما كنت صغيرا!!)
و يقول في بداية الكتاب ما بحط شخصيات معروفه بس حط انشتين و قاندي و الملك عزوز الله يرحمه)
غير ضعف السرد و تشتت الافكار

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Jul 02, 2008 Greg rated it it was amazing

Another terrifically helpful book from the pen of Stephen Covey. I personally found especially useful the two-by-two matrix he discusses as a way to organize yourself. The four resulting quadrants include:
1. Important and Urgent
2. Important, Not Urgent
3. Urgent, Not Important
4. Not Urgent, Not Important

Simply put, most people spend far too much time in quadrants 3 & 4. We also spend too much time in quadrant 1, not that those issues are unimportant, but because we don't manage our priorities w
Another terrifically helpful book from the pen of Stephen Covey. I personally found especially useful the two-by-two matrix he discusses as a way to organize yourself. The four resulting quadrants include:
1. Important and Urgent
2. Important, Not Urgent
3. Urgent, Not Important
4. Not Urgent, Not Important

Simply put, most people spend far too much time in quadrants 3 & 4. We also spend too much time in quadrant 1, not that those issues are unimportant, but because we don't manage our priorities well. The goal is to gradually focus more and more of our time and energy in quadrant 2, thus reducing the amount of energy necessarily directed to quadrant 1.

Having been disappointed by too many time-management books in the past, which primarily purport to show one how to cram more into the limited amount of time we have, another epiphany for me from Covey's book was that the issue isn't time management, but rather priority management. That hit home, and caused me to make some changes that have led to a more satisfying life for me. I suspect this would be worthwhile reading for most people, but probably most especially, young adults.
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Jun 27, 2016 C rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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A thought-provoking model for living by principles rather than your to-do list. It challenges the way most Westerners structure their days and weeks, and shows how to replace your hectic, stressful schedule with a peaceful, fulfilling one. Unfortunately, it's much more verbose than necessary; it's repetitive, with lengthy examples.
Summary: Live a principle-centered life. Listen to your conscience (which acts as a compass to "true north" principles ultimately from God) and put first things first
A thought-provoking model for living by principles rather than your to-do list. It challenges the way most Westerners structure their days and weeks, and shows how to replace your hectic, stressful schedule with a peaceful, fulfilling one. Unfortunately, it's much more verbose than necessary; it's repetitive, with lengthy examples.
Summary: Live a principle-centered life. Listen to your conscience (which acts as a compass to "true north" principles ultimately from God) and put first things first (prioritize according to principles, and focus your efforts on the greatest long-term results).

I read this because I liked The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

The Clock and the Compass
"Put people ahead of schedules, compasses [vision, values] ahead of clocks … traditional time management gets in the way. Calendars and schedules … keep us focused on the urgent instead of the important. … They often create misalignment between what really matters most and the way we live our daily lives."

The Main Thing it to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
Personal mission statement
To create a personal mission statement, get a feeling for what's most important to you by doing the following:
• List 3-4 things you consider "first things."
• Consider your long-range goals.
• Think about most your important relationships.
• Think about contributions you'd like to make.
• Reaffirm the feelings you want (peace, confidence, happiness, contribution, meaning, etc.).
• Think about how you'd spend this week if you had only 6 months to live.

An empowering personal mission statement:
• Is based on purpose higher than self.
• Includes fulfillment in physical, social, mental, spiritual dimensions.
• Deals with all the significant roles in your life (personal, family, work, community).

"We're always trying to fit more activities into the time we have. But what does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?"

"It's easy to say 'no' when there's a deeper 'yes!' burning inside."

Each day, visualize yourself living your personal mission statement. Each week, before you plan your week, review your statement.

There are times when short-term imbalance creates long-term balance (living, loving, learning, and living a legacy, over a lifetime). Examples: parenting young children, a meaningful project, caring for an elderly parent, starting a business.

If you view your role in terms of tasks, you'll be frustrated by "interruptions" from people. If you view your role in terms of people, you'll find interactions with people fulfilling.

Balancing roles isn't "either/or," it's "and." Find ways to achieve goals for multiple roles at once. Examples: exercising and parenting by playing sports with your kid, or working on a work project and training an assistance while working on the project together.

Set goals in terms of what (goal), why (motivation), and how (actions).

Genuine guilt, not social, scripted guilt, can reveal when your actions aren't aligned with your principles.

The Synergy of Interdependence
The "People" Paradigm puts people 1st and things 2nd, leadership 1st and management 2nd, effectiveness 1st and efficiency 2nd, vision 1st and method 2nd.

Stephen Covey's family mission statement
"The mission of our family is to create a nurturing place of faith, order, truth, love, happiness, and relaxation, and to provide opportunity for each person to become responsibly independent, and effectively interdependent in order to serve worthy purposes in society."

Make your organizational culture an empowered, high-trust one that lives by "first things first together": shared vision, stewardship agreements, win-win.

The Power and Peace of Principle-Centered LIving
In evaluating tasks on your list, view them not as things to do, but as indicators of a larger process to improve. Look for opportunities to delay, collaborate with others, delegate, prevent unnecessary tasks from arising, and improving efficiency.

By default, our happiness in a day depends on whether we can complete everything from the list we started the day with. Unexpected challenges frustrate us. Instead, our happiness should come from knowing we put 1st things 1st, regardless of our list. If we expect challenges, their arising shouldn't frustrate us.

Maximize time and effort by staying in your Center of Focus (things you can influence, are aligned with your mission, and are timely). Operating in your Circle of Influence (area of concern where you can make a difference) can do some good, but at the expense of something better. It's a waste to put effort into your Circle of Concern (everything you're concerned about) because you can't control or affect those things.
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Time...Time...Time...my whole time Issue :((((.... in this book Stephen teaching us the 4th generation in time management
#1st...Is To do List but it was hard to keep it in your eyes so it's not so helpful.

#2nd...Is Calendar like to say 13:15 I am going to club than another hobbit but when you miss something the whole day would go wrong.

#3rd...To write your goals and then try to work on it and I don`t know where`s the time management in this case !

#4th...To Classify your Tasks in a table and th
Time...Time...Time...my whole time Issue :((((.... in this book Stephen teaching us the 4th generation in time management
#1st...Is To do List but it was hard to keep it in your eyes so it's not so helpful.

#2nd...Is Calendar like to say 13:15 I am going to club than another hobbit but when you miss something the whole day would go wrong.

#3rd...To write your goals and then try to work on it and I don`t know where`s the time management in this case !

#4th...To Classify your Tasks in a table and then began to do them according to it`s Importance and Emergency.

I hope this strategy push me forward in time management.

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Feb 08, 2008 Cam rated it liked it

This book was a slow read for me, it was really hard for me to get into it, I especially had a hard time with all of the different "quadrants" of organization and such, I'm just not into that. Although, there were a lot of things that I did like about the book. One point brought up is that we use busy-ness as a way to validate ourselves and to feel important, and I think that's very true, and I am starting to realize that it really doesn't matter. I don't have to be involved in a million differe This book was a slow read for me, it was really hard for me to get into it, I especially had a hard time with all of the different "quadrants" of organization and such, I'm just not into that. Although, there were a lot of things that I did like about the book. One point brought up is that we use busy-ness as a way to validate ourselves and to feel important, and I think that's very true, and I am starting to realize that it really doesn't matter. I don't have to be involved in a million different things to be happy and feel validated. It's okay to tell people, "NO". I'm trying to improve, and I'm trying to put more of my focus on what's really important to me- and give my best self to my family. ...more

Dec 05, 2011 Loy Machedo rated it really liked it

Stephen Covey’s book First Things First is an elaborated section of the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. The book tends to focus on Human Habits through the guidance of a Compass rather than a Clock with its core principle of Quality versus Quantity.
The author helps people achieve habit by presenting the Four Quadrants:
Quadrant I – Urgent + Important
Quadrant II - Not Urgent But Important
Quadrant III – Urgent But Not Important
Quadrant IV - Not Urgent, Not Important

Covey recommends graduall
Stephen Covey’s book First Things First is an elaborated section of the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. The book tends to focus on Human Habits through the guidance of a Compass rather than a Clock with its core principle of Quality versus Quantity.
The author helps people achieve habit by presenting the Four Quadrants:
Quadrant I – Urgent + Important
Quadrant II - Not Urgent But Important
Quadrant III – Urgent But Not Important
Quadrant IV - Not Urgent, Not Important

Covey recommends gradually shifting our daily activities toward Quadrant II, important activities that are not urgent and there by reducing the sense of ‘last-minute’ hiccups. Another difference is the weekly planning. Covey really emphasizes the importance of calendaring activities for the week - starting with the "big rock," followed by pebbles, then filling the rest with the sand. If you first put in the sand, "the thick of thin things," there's no room for the big rocks, the most important activities.

Criticisms for the Book
The author devotes a significant amount of space to explaining the importance of leaving a legacy, but fails to recognize that this matters the least in terms of the largest group of people who bought this book and where they are right now in their lives. The quest for leaving a legacy is really irrelevant to someone is struggling to make ends meet or to pay his bills. What good would squabbling about some abstract principle do for someone who instead needs to advance his career and manage his time more effectively?

The book is also full of fluff and could have been reduced to 25% and still say the same things. And the book does nothing to tell you how to do what is being stated.

Another bone of contention I have is the fluffy terminologies - Mission Statement, Personal Statement, Leaving a Legacy – They all sound really nice. But the question is practicality of such terms. How many people do you know who maintain such a concept or practice? And yeah, if you are a CEO or President of a company, it would be great to have such systems in place. However, if you are a Middle Class Worker and you are asked to complete a task asap (which is always the case), presenting such a value based proposition may end up you getting back on the unemployment list.

Moment of Truth
A book which has good intentions but with too many great sounding words and concepts that give us too much of positivity and hope and whose practical application is very questionable indeed. Added to this, the book by itself could have easily been reduced to 1/3rd its size but which has been inflamed with a lot of repetition and fluff to become a sellable product.

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I couldn't help thinking most of the time while I was reading this book that it's kind of like a diet book: "All other diets are useless...This isn't a diet, it's a revolutionary new way to approach eating...Do what we say in this book and your life will be transformed forever...blah, blah." When the bottom line is really: Think about what you're eating and make smarter choices. Most time management books are probably similar: "Follow these guidelines, rather than every other time management gim I couldn't help thinking most of the time while I was reading this book that it's kind of like a diet book: "All other diets are useless...This isn't a diet, it's a revolutionary new way to approach eating...Do what we say in this book and your life will be transformed forever...blah, blah." When the bottom line is really: Think about what you're eating and make smarter choices. Most time management books are probably similar: "Follow these guidelines, rather than every other time management gimmick you've read about, because this is not a gimmick. This is the right way to approach time management."
Needless to say, I was not a huge fan of this book. It took a long time to get to the point and then there were some great take-aways (about chapters 2-5) and then the rest was just painfully boring. If you're hungry for some time management advice, just read chapters 2-5 and that's really all you need to know. The bottom line is: Don't get caught up in urgency addiction, plan your days according to what you really need to get done and don't get caught up in things that are unimportant.
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May 15, 2013 Sandra rated it it was amazing

I have this book so marked that I stopped marking it. I have the audio and the paper back. It's a book I reference to and read multiple times.
If you're looking for guidance on your day to day activities, if you're struggling with your priorities, Stephen Covey's philosophy on the compass vs the clock will sure help you.
I have this book so marked that I stopped marking it. I have the audio and the paper back. It's a book I reference to and read multiple times.
If you're looking for guidance on your day to day activities, if you're struggling with your priorities, Stephen Covey's philosophy on the compass vs the clock will sure help you.
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Feb 07, 2008 Heidi rated it really liked it

For me, this was a new way of looking at "a balanced life." Sometimes we focus so much on the urgent things, that we forget about the important things that aren't necessarily so urgent. Very insightful. It made me think that I need to focus left on getting things done, and more on getting the important things done! For me, this was a new way of looking at "a balanced life." Sometimes we focus so much on the urgent things, that we forget about the important things that aren't necessarily so urgent. Very insightful. It made me think that I need to focus left on getting things done, and more on getting the important things done! ...more

May 14, 2015 Shawndra rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Recommended to Shawndra by: NAPO Virtual Chapter Book Club

Don’t buy the Kindle version but DO READ the book.
This Kindle version is frustrating, disappointing and missing important content. It may say it has new technology and audio/visual but I found no links or content to it. They had some colored infographs but all the diagrams, worksheets and charts they mention are not available anywhere in this version. The format they used for the Kindle must have been previously used for a print book as numerous word breaks are found throughout the Kindle versio
Don’t buy the Kindle version but DO READ the book.
This Kindle version is frustrating, disappointing and missing important content. It may say it has new technology and audio/visual but I found no links or content to it. They had some colored infographs but all the diagrams, worksheets and charts they mention are not available anywhere in this version. The format they used for the Kindle must have been previously used for a print book as numerous word breaks are found throughout the Kindle version. Obviously no one took the time to actually edit this version. Very distracting and irritating!

The content was great. The book has been around for a while but the message is still important and valuable. I read it as part of our National Association of Professional Organizer – Virtual Chapter book club and I thought I knew what it was about – Time Management. It’s not, or at least not just about improving your time management abilities. It’s about building your leadership skills – whether you’re a leader of one (yourself), a part of a team or family, or managing many. It’s about investing – investing your time in yourself and others. It’s about becoming more skilled at choosing what to focus your time and effort on.
I would recommend it to my clients. For those who are feeling overwhelmed with too many things to do and too little time – this will help you stand back and assess whether this or that is important to your journey. For those who are in a supervisory or leadership position – this will help you develop stronger team members.

As for me, I’m focusing on pausing in the “space between stimulus and response”.
I would recommend reading this book, in print not Kindle.
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May 26, 2007 Alex rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: everyone, leaders, teachers

Teaches you the art and craft of time management. Move away from reactive day to day to do list planning and gets you to view your time as the week proactively scheduling in your priorities with the compass card. The principle of the clock and the compass is right on.

Mar 12, 2017 Samy rated it it was amazing

First things First is one of those books that was on my mind for a long time, and I’m so glad I finally read it. For someone who’s fascinated by productivity and maximising it through the choices i make on a daily basis, this has been the most impactful book I’ve read in my life.
I couldn’t help but regularly highlight passages. There were so many gems in this book, and perhaps the most important quote I highlighted, that has relevance to everyday life is:
“The key to quality of life is in the c
First things First is one of those books that was on my mind for a long time, and I’m so glad I finally read it. For someone who’s fascinated by productivity and maximising it through the choices i make on a daily basis, this has been the most impactful book I’ve read in my life.
I couldn’t help but regularly highlight passages. There were so many gems in this book, and perhaps the most important quote I highlighted, that has relevance to everyday life is:
“The key to quality of life is in the compass—it’s in the choices we make every day. As we learn to pause in the space between stimulus and response and consult our internal compass, we can face change squarely, confident that we’re being true to principle and purpose.”

This book was also surprisingly deeply spiritual and had relevance to relationships, daily fulfilment, just as much as work. For instance, the author talks about the idea that all have our own “Personal Integrity account”, which reflects the amount of trust we have in ourselves. We build a “high balance in this account, which is a great source of strength and security” by delaying gratification, avoiding temptations, and making the right choices when our honesty is on the line.

Before reading this book, I was strictly tied to a lot of the principles, systems, and rules I’d created in my life. Whether it be working in blocks of one hour, taking a walk before I start any work, and so on. But instead of approaching these parts of my life as overarching principles, I saw them as rules I needed to lead my life by.

Reading this book helped me realise that so long as my choices are made from the right compass, I can trust myself to worry a little less about the details. For instance, I used to track my daily habits every day by giving myself a checkmark on a Daily App. Now that I see my daily habits are principles to live by, rather than extraneous gridlocks. Now I only tick/cross something on a sheet when I don’t do a habit, freeing myself from having to ‘tick’ everything on a daily basis.

“In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles. “
Another one of the highlights of this book was the idea that we live under different roles i.e. friend, creator, husband… etc. I was somewhat familiar with this before, but I appreciated the level of detail that the author went into here. He mentioned that everyone should have a “foundational role called “sharpen the saw.” “We treat this as a separate role for two reasons: 1) it’s a role that everyone has, and 2) it’s foundational for success in every other role.”

He also explored the idea that one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves at the end of e each week is: “what is the most important thing I could do in each role this coming week to have the greatest positive impact?”

The author also explored the idea that our life vision needs to be genuine. “If our self-vision is no more than a reflection of the social mirror, we have no connection with our inner selves, with our own uniqueness and capacity to contribute. We’re living out of scripts handed to us by others—family, associates, friends, enemies, the media.”

The author also shared the idea how we perform in each role of our lives, affects the whole. “Whatever we are we bring to every role in our life.” So if we change who we are on some small level in one role, we also change how we show up in all the other areas of our lives.

For example, I’ve witnessed the powerful effect of the amazing difference doing fulfilling work each day has to my overall level of happiness. Mastering this one part of my life makes me perform better in all the other areas of my life. I end up smiling more, contributing more, and being a better person for my family.

“When we see our roles as segmented parts of life, we develop a scarcity chronos mentality. There’s only so much time. Spending it in one role means we can’t spend it in another. It’s win-lose—one role wins, the other roles lose.”I can see now, that this certainly isn’t the case.

Below you’ll find some of my other favourite passages from this book.
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Have less money or prestige than somebody else? It’s irrelevant. Our security comes from our own integrity to true north.
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With the humility that comes from being principle-centered, we’re empowered to learn from the past, have hope for the future, and act with confidence in the present.
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We can’t just toss out a few seeds, go ahead and do whatever we want to do and then expect to come back to find a beautiful, well-groomed garden ready to drop a bountiful harvest of beans, corn, potatoes, carrots, and peas in our basket. We have to water, cultivate, and weed on a regular basis if we’re going to enjoy the harvest.
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the difference between our own active involvement as gardeners and neglect is the difference between a beautiful garden and a weed patch.
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Since studies show that it’s less effective to attempt to mentally manage more than seven categories, we recommend that you try to combine functions, such as administration/finance or personnel/team building to keep your total number of roles to seven.
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If our vision is based on illusion, we make choices that aren’t based on “true north” principles. In time, these choices fail to create the quality-of-life results we expect. Our vision becomes no more than platitudes. We become disillusioned, perhaps cynical. Our creative imagination withers, and we don’t trust our dreams anymore.
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“when man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.”
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The power of transcendent vision is greater than the power of the scripting deep inside the human personality and it subordinates it, submerges it, until the whole personality is reorganized in the accomplishment of that vision.
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No one else can be the husband or wife you can be to your spouse. No one else can be the doctor you can be to your patients, the teacher you can be to your students, the sister, the friend, the community volunteer you can be to the people whose lives you can touch. What you alone can contribute, no one else can contribute. Viktor Frankl said we don’t invent our mission; we detect it.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfilment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated.
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look into this container which is our soul; look and listen to it. Until you have listened in to that thing which is dreaming through you, in other words—answered the knock on the door in the dark, you will not be able to lift this moment in time in which we are imprisoned,
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• Commit your mission statement to memory.
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Set a daily “sharpen the saw” goal to visualize yourself living your mission statement.
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Read mission statements written by other people throughout history. Consider the impact of these statements on their lives and on society.
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What is quality of life if it isn’t spending time with the people you love most?
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Whatever we are we bring to every role in our life.
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Much of our pain in life comes from the sense that we’re succeeding in one role at the expense of other,
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a compelling, future-oriented vision is the primary force that kept many of them alive.
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Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.
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In a sense, we each live three lives. We have our public life, where we interact with other people at work, in the community, at social events. We have our private life, where we’re away from the public. We may be alone or we may choose to be with friends or family. But our most significant life is our deep inner life.
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The basic paradigm is that without some form of tight control, we’ll mess up. We don’t have trust in ourselves that, left to our own internal motivation, we would moment by moment make effective choices. But the passion of vision releases the power that connects “discipline” with its root word, “disciple.”
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It includes fulfillment in physical, social, mental, and spiritual dimensions.
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8. is written to inspire you—not to impress anyone else. It communicates to you and inspires you on the most essential level.
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The way we see the problem is the problem. This compartmentalization is based on illusion, and to try to live the illusion is incredibly strenuous.
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Balance isn’t “either/or” it’s “and.”
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It is as if society somehow deems it less valuable to raise competent children than to raise the profit on a company’s product line. A woman who chooses to focus on motherhood, and does so out of a clear sense of her own personal vision, becomes truly energized in her role. She recognizes the value of her efforts in shaping the characters of future leaders in society.
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We can think win-win with all the roles in our lives, to see them as parts of a highly interrelated whole.
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Success or failure in any role contributes to the quality of every other role and life as a whole.
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Writing our roles each week keeps them in our awareness and helps us pay attention to all the important dimensions of our life.
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balance is living, loving, learning, and leaving a legacy over a lifetime—gives context and meaning to her seasonal imbalance.
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forgetting to shift back out of high gear after such a bout with adrenaline has served its purpose.
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Whatever we do with whatever we have—money, possessions, talents, even time—we leave behind us as a legacy for those who follow.
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A significant part of effectiveness in any role is in the balance between developing and doing, between production (P) and increasing our production capability (PC).
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Building character strength is like building physical strength. When the test comes, if you don’t have it, no cosmetics can disguise the fact that it just isn’t there.
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It takes strength to set a heroic goal, to work on chronic problems instead of going for the “quick fix,”
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Accomplishing one goal impacts other areas of life in a negative way. When we come face-to-face with the results, we become disillusioned.
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We’re working against ourselves, not sure why (or even if) we want to accomplish a particular goal. The commitments we make in a moment of enthusiasm don’t have the sustaining power to carry us all the way to successful achievement of our goals.
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we need to push our thinking and feeling until we break through and create an open flow between the passion of vision and the goal. The stronger the connection, the stronger and more sustained the motivation.
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The way we see others in terms of control or release generally reflects the way we see ourselves. If we have a control perspective, we assume we have to exercise strict control over ourselves if we want to accomplish anything.
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There are times of short-term imbalance when wisdom suggests that we make the conscious choice not to set goals in some roles.
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It’s like reading a run-on sentence that goes on for pages without a comma
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At work, we may connect with some of the purposes of the organization, and find fulfillment by contributing to them. We may find fulfillment in the service we provide for our customers or in the growth and development of the people we train or work with. As we invest and connect in ways that bring growth and contribution, we discover that the person who comes home from work at night is stronger and better than the one who left for work in the morning.
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When urgency pushes us, moods pull us, or unexpected opportunities beckon, we have something solid against which we can weigh the value of change. We can put content in context and choose the “best” over the “good.”
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the point was not to schedule every little thing, but to work on first things first.
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wisdom is a marriage—a synergy—of heart and mind.
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• End-of-the-week evaluation helps us see time as a cycle of learning and growth rather than as linear chronos measurement.
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the most fundamental ingredients to success were such things as honesty, integrity, humility, fidelity, justice, patience, and courage.
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in his book The Pursuit of Happiness, study after study shows that those who have this bigger picture orientation in their lives are happier, more satisfied, contributing people.
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“People seem not to see,” said Emerson, “that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”7
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our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
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If we don’t have a sense of mission and principles to measure ourselves against, we benchmark against other people instead of our own potential.
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We’re into comparative thinking and win-lose mentality.
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See yourself living by the fundamental Laws of Life that are basic to all civilizations. Don’t cheat. Don’t lie. Don’t steal. Treat people with respect. ”
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People know it. In their deep inner lives, they know what they ought to be doing. And they know it would improve quality of life. The challenge is to develop the character and competence to listen to it and live by it—to act with integrity in the moment of choice.
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What can I learn from this week that will keep next week from essentially being a repeat of the same?
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The value of any week is not limited to what we do in it; it’s also in what we learn from it and become as a result of it.
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• Did my choices make deposits or withdrawals from my Personal Integrity Account?
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• What keeps getting in the way of accomplishing my goals?
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• Connect to mission empowers you to access the deep burning “yes!” created by the awareness of first things in your life, the “yes!” that generates passion and energy and makes it possible for you to say “no”—with
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The shift is from doing more things in less time to doing first things in an effective, balanced, and synergistic way. It’s a holistic, integrated, and aligned approach to living, loving, learning, and leaving a legacy.
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everything people identify as really important has to do with others.
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We get our paycheck because what we do in some way affects the lives of others.
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To love is, by definition, interdependent. “Love isn’t love till you give it away.”
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To leave a legacy is also, by definition, interdependent. It’s contributing to society, contributing in meaningful ways to the lives of others.
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We’re living with the illusion of independence, but the paradigm is not creating the quality-of-life results we desire.
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The problems we see in families, organizations, and societies are the result of individuals making choices in their space between stimulus and response. When those choices come out of reactivity, scripting, or urgency response, it impacts time and quality of life for families, organizations, and society as a whole.
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We can stop seeing people as a reflection of ourselves, looking at everything they do in terms of how it affects our time and our world.
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in almost all situations, cooperation is far more productive than competition.
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when both people understand both perspectives, instead of being on opposite sides of the table looking across at each other, we find ourselves on the same side looking at solutions together.
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There’s no sense of shared vision. There’s no passion, no deep burning “Yes!” in the organization.
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Just think of the cost in terms of time and effort wasted in organizations because people don’t have a clear sense of shared importance!
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The degree to which urgency drives the organization is the degree to which importance does not.
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The passion created by shared vision creates synergistic empowerment. It unleashes and combines the energy, talent, and capacities of all involved.
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A powerful shared vision has a profound effect on quality of life—in the family, in the organization, in any situation where we work with others. We become contributing parts of a greater whole. We can live, love, learn, and leave powerful legacies together.
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An empowering organizational mission statement: • focuses on contribution, on worthwhile purposes that create a collective deep burning “Yes!” • comes from the bowels of the organization, not from Mount Olympus • is based on timeless principles • contains both vision and principle-based values • addresses the needs of all stakeholders • addresses all four needs and capacities
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A manager, leader, or parent becomes a source of help—a facilitator, helper, cheerleader, advisor, counselor, and coach—someone to remove the oil spills and then get out of the way.
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In a high-trust culture, people are internally motivated. They’re fueled by the fire within. They’re driven by a sense of passion about fulfilling a shared vision that’s also a co-mission, a synergy between their own mission and the mission of the family or organization.
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The quarterly bottom line tends to drive the mentality in the culture. In a high-trust culture, structures and systems are aligned to create empowerment, to liberate people’s energy and creativity toward agreed-upon purposes within the guidelines of shared values.
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“What are the things I’m now doing you’d like to see me continue to do? What would you like to see me stop doing? What would you like to see me start doing that I’m not doing now?”
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never told me what to do. He always said, “You might consider this option” or “Had you thought about this possibility?”
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“Accomplishing tasks through people” is a different paradigm than “building people through the accomplishment of tasks.” With one, you get things done. With the other, you get them done with far greater creativity, synergy, and effectiveness
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If you find yourself afraid to act authentically, to speak courageously, to challenge the assumptions, you’re doing a disservice to yourself and your organization.
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Your deeply held beliefs about someone will create the tone for any interactions you have.
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Principle-centered living is not an end in itself. It’s the means and the end. It’s the quality of our travel along life’s road.
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In a principle-centered life, the journey and the destination are one.
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Rather than activities and appointments, you see your day in terms of people and relationships. You see processes in progress as new possibilities for contribution
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where you could focus your effort with the greatest positive long-term result.
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You would see tasks, not as things to do, but as indicators of a larger process that you want to improve.
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Foundational to “first things” are the four needs and capacities—to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy.
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We see how vital it is to pause in that space between stimulus and response so that we can listen to our conscience and exercise the attributes of the heart to make the “best” choices.
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Vision gives purpose and meaning. Roles become synergistic avenues of contribution. Goals become conscience-driven, purposeful, integrated accomplishment. The week bridges the mission and the moment in a cycle of growth.
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Jul 16, 2013 Omar rated it it was amazing

I wrote this review when I read this book two years ago, and it's still up to now one of the book that influenced and affected my life the most:
First Things First is a self-help book written by Stephen Covey and Roger & Rebecca Merrill. The book aims to teach us how to put our first things first trough a time management system and defining the priorities in our lives. This excellent book had a real impact on my life, and I always recommend it to people who are willing to make their lives more ef
I wrote this review when I read this book two years ago, and it's still up to now one of the book that influenced and affected my life the most:
First Things First is a self-help book written by Stephen Covey and Roger & Rebecca Merrill. The book aims to teach us how to put our first things first trough a time management system and defining the priorities in our lives. This excellent book had a real impact on my life, and I always recommend it to people who are willing to make their lives more effective.

Surveys show that the purpose of life for the majority of us is to live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. "First Things First" is a great assistant for all of us to balance our mental, spiritual, physical, and social elements of life. Stephen Covey explains through the book that most people are driven by the concept of urgency. In order to be more effective and relieve our stresses, we need to adjust our concepts to the concept of important – not urgent. This means moving our lives to the Quadrant II activity of the quadrant matrix for importance and urgency (Check the quadrant under the review). The results of properly dedicating ourselves to Quadrant 2 activity are that we will gain control over what is happening in our lives: we will thereby reduce the time we spend in Quadrant 1. Are you wondering where to find time for the activity in Quadrant 2? Of course it must come from Quadrants 3 and 4 by minimizing or eliminating the time you spend there.

At the end, as Covey reminds us in “The Miracle of the Chinese Bamboo Tree”, when a bamboo tree is first planted, all growth for the first four years occurs underground, but in its fifth year the bamboo tree grows up to eighty feet. With this book we can help ourselves develop the roots we need to grow in the years ahead.
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May 18, 2013 JP rated it really liked it

A deeper reflection on one of the 7 Habits, this book develops the "4th generation" of time management. Such skill involves knowing inherently one's value and then creating quadrant II space to achieve what is most important. The Laws of Life, such as the principle of the Farm and emotional bank accounts must be considered. The book frequently challenges the paradigm that busy = success and instead replaces it with the value of the compass over the clock, i.e. why scramble in the wrong direction A deeper reflection on one of the 7 Habits, this book develops the "4th generation" of time management. Such skill involves knowing inherently one's value and then creating quadrant II space to achieve what is most important. The Laws of Life, such as the principle of the Farm and emotional bank accounts must be considered. The book frequently challenges the paradigm that busy = success and instead replaces it with the value of the compass over the clock, i.e. why scramble in the wrong direction. A key element of 4th generation planning involves starting with roles, listing important objectives, and then scheduling the week around them. The analogy is drawn of putting rocks (important things), gravel, sand, and water (urgent details) into a glass jar. The principle of interdependence is also emphasized. ...more

Aug 20, 2008 Ladyjexie rated it really liked it

Taught me about keeping the first things, the most important things, first.
To keep most of my time on what is important and not urgent. Preparation, prevention, planning, and relationships.

To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy

Sep 08, 2015 Maartje rated it liked it

3.5 stars. I had to read this for school and it wasn't as helpful as I hoped it would be. Probably an amazing book if you have a fulltime job at a company and a family, but seeing as I am a student with a parttime job as production employee, this was almost completely useless. 3.5 stars. I had to read this for school and it wasn't as helpful as I hoped it would be. Probably an amazing book if you have a fulltime job at a company and a family, but seeing as I am a student with a parttime job as production employee, this was almost completely useless. ...more

Not as big a jump for me personally, as this book is a bit of a refried 7 Habits. There are some decent tips/pointers.
I recommend skimming this one rather than intently reading it.

Jan 20, 2018 Juliana rated it it was amazing

Still one of the best books about how to spend your time.

I started it a couple of years ago and put it aside but then felt a need to pick it up again. Honestly, I've never been that busy that I've felt I needed better time-management, but time-management is still an interest of mine, so here we are. I thought this principle-based approach was interesting if a little nebulous. Essentially, be a good person and things will fall into place, or something like that. My father loved Covey, so reading it made me feel closer to him, and emulating him is proba I started it a couple of years ago and put it aside but then felt a need to pick it up again. Honestly, I've never been that busy that I've felt I needed better time-management, but time-management is still an interest of mine, so here we are. I thought this principle-based approach was interesting if a little nebulous. Essentially, be a good person and things will fall into place, or something like that. My father loved Covey, so reading it made me feel closer to him, and emulating him is probably one of the best things I could try to do. ...more

This book was full of all kinds of great knowledge and skill sets for busy people. Must have if you want some great time management, goal setting, and organization skills.

Jun 28, 2022 Sweta Gorania rated it did not like it

Found the book uninteresting. Very boring to read and proceed. Also just a common sense Gyan. Management people might like it. I just hated it.

Oct 18, 2021 Izzy Beh rated it it was amazing

I like how to the point this book is. Normally these types of books are all about improving your professional life, but the authors talk about creating a well-rounded life by identifying the all of the roles you have in your life and applying their framework to each of those roles. You will get little out of this book unless you actually practice the principles that they teach.

Nov 06, 2008 Mtbike40 rated it it was amazing

I first read this book in about 1990 and the content is as relevant today as it was back then. I learned so much from this book that has served me well for 19 years of professional work, and every time I reread a section it just reminds me how important if is to make sure you are doing first things first.
I feel that Covey has a great mind when it comes to achieving your personal best, and this book puts the rubber to the road. The materials in this book about setting goals, translating your goal
I first read this book in about 1990 and the content is as relevant today as it was back then. I learned so much from this book that has served me well for 19 years of professional work, and every time I reread a section it just reminds me how important if is to make sure you are doing first things first.
I feel that Covey has a great mind when it comes to achieving your personal best, and this book puts the rubber to the road. The materials in this book about setting goals, translating your goals into weekly planning that guides your daily decisions can make this book worth so much to anyone.

If you are looking for a book that will help you learn how to make sure that the important things to you get done first, before all of life's interruptions get in and mess things up then I highly recommend this book.
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Dec 08, 2010 Ahmad rated it really liked it

First Things First from a different perspective. While we are stuck with 'efficiency' and managing the stream of Quadrant III (Not urgent and not important) things that is coming at us each and every day, this books encourages us to focus on those Quadrant II things (Important but not urgent) that we seem to be neglecting.
To live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. The book focuses on planning your week with these roles and human endowments in mind. Fulfilling these needs requires a caref
First Things First from a different perspective. While we are stuck with 'efficiency' and managing the stream of Quadrant III (Not urgent and not important) things that is coming at us each and every day, this books encourages us to focus on those Quadrant II things (Important but not urgent) that we seem to be neglecting.
To live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. The book focuses on planning your week with these roles and human endowments in mind. Fulfilling these needs requires a careful thought-out plan of Quadrant II activities that help you live your life's mission statement instead of getting caught up in an 'urgency addiction'.

Stop. Think. Plan. And live your life in a new way with a new focus. A good read that helps you look at your life a little differently.
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Key message -
Too often, we focus on the wrong things in life, which results in stress and disharmony. To increase your quality of life, you need to identify your priorities, replace urgency with importance and create balance between all your tasks. You can do this by having a future-oriented vision, which will help you set effective goals. When you put your “first things” first, instead of putting the urgent or smaller things first, you’ll achieve happiness and inner peace.
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Ima Key message -
Too often, we focus on the wrong things in life, which results in stress and disharmony. To increase your quality of life, you need to identify your priorities, replace urgency with importance and create balance between all your tasks. You can do this by having a future-oriented vision, which will help you set effective goals. When you put your “first things” first, instead of putting the urgent or smaller things first, you’ll achieve happiness and inner peace.
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I am re-reading this, taking the time now to examine it closely, make notes, and do the exercises. In the past, I dipped into it, took some things to apply, and left the rest. I figured that the other books by Covey and the training by FranklinCovey would give me most of what I needed. I'm still curious about what I might have missed. And, I am interested in comparing some core ideas here with those works the authors claim to pull from. I am re-reading this, taking the time now to examine it closely, make notes, and do the exercises. In the past, I dipped into it, took some things to apply, and left the rest. I figured that the other books by Covey and the training by FranklinCovey would give me most of what I needed. I'm still curious about what I might have missed. And, I am interested in comparing some core ideas here with those works the authors claim to pull from. ...more

Dec 24, 2017 Naie Eian rated it it was amazing

If you think that living in emergency mode is not the optimal way of living, you are right and this is the perfect book to read in order to reflect about real arguments that support your way of thinking and to realize how what you always knew deep inside is true. And most importantly, if you need a support to be acompaigned in the journey of creating a balanced way of living, this is the book. I loved it and this is exaclty what I was looking for.

This is a great book to keep yourself focused on working life with a possitive outlook. Many books out there tell you to just press on and/or to have faith. I liked this book because he walked you through the processes...a great one to take your time with...let the process change and prepare you for success.

I liked the description of the different sorts of competence. A great way to articulate why some organization shave larger process/staffing problems that are not about smarts or great technical ability.

Apr 19, 2012 Gail rated it it was amazing

Re-read It get you thinking what is important and what isn't. This book has help me with staying accountable to myself. This books help me also to stay on track with my Franklin Covey (Quest) planner. Re-read It get you thinking what is important and what isn't. This book has help me with staying accountable to myself. This books help me also to stay on track with my Franklin Covey (Quest) planner. ...more

Stephen Richards Covey was the author of the best-selling book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". Other books he wrote include "First Things First", "Principle-Centered Leadership", and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families". In 2004, Covey released "The 8th Habit". In 2008, Covey released "The Leader In Me—How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Stephen Richards Covey was the author of the best-selling book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". Other books he wrote include "First Things First", "Principle-Centered Leadership", and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families". In 2004, Covey released "The 8th Habit". In 2008, Covey released "The Leader In Me—How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time". He was also a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. You can purchase Stephen R. Covey's books and audios at http://www.7habitsstore.com
Covey died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on July 16, 2012, due to complications from a bicycle accident he suffered the previous April.
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I saw some of comments give a low score just because they don't like the stuffs the author had learned.
My teacher once told us that every book is a mixture of sand and gold, and you need to pick up the gold yourself. Don't treat a book you're reading as an enemy눈_눈, but as a friend ◕‿◕｡ It can also be applied to this case.(less)

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Yeah, I use the method that the author learned Ukulele to learn Bawu, a traditional Chinese minority instrument. And I am at the same time in a wechatYeah, I use the method that the author learned Ukulele to learn Bawu, a traditional Chinese minority instrument.

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مربع الأولويات ستيفن كوفي  

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مربع الأولويات ستيفن كوفي  

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مربع الأولويات ستيفن كوفي - رتب حياتك وعملك ومشاريعك I ثابت حجازي

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لهذا السبب عليك أن تستيقظ مبكرًا 

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لهذا السبب عليك أن تستيقظ مبكرًا 

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Steve Harvey / لهذا السبب عليك أن تستيقظ باكرا

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I Increased My Productivity 10x - By Turning My Life Into a Game