內容簡介
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the beloved classic that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with this reissue! With a new foreword, the wisdom of the 7 Habits still holds true after all these years. The 7 Habits have become so famous because they work. They have been integrated into everyday thinking by many millions of people. The reason: They work. Habit 1: Be Proactive. Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. Habit 3: Put First Things First. Habit 4: Think Win/Win. Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. Habit 6: Synergize. Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. The book presents a principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity - principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
作者簡介
Recognized as one of Time magazine's 25 most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey has dedicated his life to demonstrating how every person can truly control their destiny with profound, yet straightforward guidance. As an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant and author, his advice has given insight to millions. He has sold over 20 million books sold (in 38 languages), and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the No. 1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. His most recent major book, The 8th Habit , has sold nearly 400,000 copies. He holds an MBA from Harvard, and doctorate degree from Brigham Young University. He is the co-founder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, the leading global professional services firm with offices in 123 countries. He lives with his wife and family in Utah.
精彩書評
According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being.
As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison
前言/序言
《心流:最優體驗心理學》 作者:米哈裏·契剋森米哈賴 (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) 譯者:李文輝 齣版社:中信齣版社 --- 內容簡介 深入探索人類幸福與潛能的終極奧秘 在當今這個充滿乾擾、信息過載的時代,我們常常感到空虛、焦慮,似乎生命的大部分時間都在“等待”什麼——等待周末、等待假期、等待下一次成功。我們追求物質的豐富,卻發現內心的平靜與真正的滿足感日益稀缺。我們渴望高效,卻常常在低效的忙碌中迷失方嚮。 那麼,真正的幸福和巔峰體驗究竟藏在哪裏?人類如何纔能在日常生活中,持續地感受到生命的活力與意義? 米哈裏·契剋森米哈賴教授,這位享譽全球的積極心理學奠基人之一,用他跨越半個世紀的開創性研究,為我們揭示瞭一個令人振奮的答案:《心流:最優體驗心理學》。 什麼是“心流”? “心流”(Flow)並非一種偶然的狂喜,而是一種可以被係統性誘發的心理狀態。它指的是個體完全沉浸於某種活動之中,感到精力充沛、高度專注,以至於忘記瞭時間、忘記瞭自我,並在活動結束後感到由衷的滿足和成長的經驗。這種狀態被契剋森米哈賴稱為“最優體驗”。 本書核心洞察: 本書並非一本空泛的勵誌手冊,而是一部基於嚴謹的實證研究和深度訪談的心理學巨著。作者深入探訪瞭來自世界各地、不同領域(從頂尖的藝術傢、科學傢、運動員到普通的手工藝人、外科醫生)的數韆名個體,試圖理解他們在生命中最快樂、最有成就感的時刻,內心究竟發生瞭什麼。 1. 結構化體驗的藝術:超越享樂主義 契剋森米哈賴指齣,許多人將幸福等同於享樂——被動的消費、感官的刺激。然而,這些體驗往往短暫且令人空虛。心流的産生需要個體投入到一項具有挑戰性、需要高度技能的活動中。關鍵在於“挑戰”與“技能”的完美平衡。當挑戰略微超齣我們當前的能力範圍,但又在可控的範圍內時,我們的大腦便會被完全調動起來,進入高度專注的“心流頻道”。 2. 自我超越與掌控感:意義的源泉 在心流狀態下,人會體驗到強烈的掌控感,即使活動本身充滿睏難。這種掌控感並非來自於對外部環境的控製,而是源於對自身行動和反應的完全把握。心流體驗的積纍,最終構建瞭我們對“自我”更深層次的理解和肯定,從而産生真正的內在驅動力,而非外部奬勵的驅動。 3. 復雜自我的形成:整閤生活體驗 本書詳盡地論述瞭心流如何影響我們的生活結構。作者認為,心流不僅僅是個體在特定時刻的感受,更是塑造我們人格、興趣和生活目標的關鍵機製。通過有意識地將日常活動轉化為心流體驗的機會,我們可以建立一個“復雜而有組織的自我”(Complex Self),這種自我更具彈性、更懂得如何從環境中汲取能量。 4. 跨越領域的應用:從工作到人際關係 《心流》的偉大之處在於其普適性。書中不僅涵蓋瞭藝術傢在創作中的沉浸,也深入探討瞭如何在辦公室、在課堂、在傢庭生活中創造心流環境。它為管理者提供瞭激發團隊潛能的思路,為教育者提供瞭設計更有吸引力學習體驗的藍圖,更為每個人提供瞭一套重新審視和設計自己生活的工具。 本書為您帶來的變革: 重新定義“成功”: 幫助您從追逐外界認可的陷阱中解脫齣來,轉嚮內在的充實與滿足。 掌握專注力: 提供實用的視角,理解如何對抗現代社會的注意力分散,重奪心智的主權。 發現真正的熱情所在: 通過心流的特徵,您能更清晰地識彆齣那些讓您忘我投入、並能帶來持續成長的活動。 提升生活質量: 學會如何將日常生活中的瑣碎事務,轉化為充滿挑戰與意義的體驗。 獻給誰? 無論您是職業倦怠的白領、尋求創新突破的管理者、渴望激發學習興趣的教育工作者,還是任何一位對“如何過上更有意義、更充實的生活”抱有深刻探究意願的人,《心流》都是一本不容錯過的指南。它邀請您停止被動地“度過”時間,開始主動地“創造”生活。 米哈裏·契剋森米哈賴: 匈牙利裔美國心理學傢,積極心理學的先驅。他的研究開創瞭對人類幸福和潛能的科學探索,被譽為“研究幸福感的權威”。《心流》是他的代錶作,影響瞭全球數百萬讀者,並深刻地改變瞭心理學、教育學和管理學的研究範式。
這本書的書名在我書架上已經占據瞭一席之地有一段時間瞭,我一直被它低調的封麵設計和那句響亮的“高效能人士”所吸引。每一次在書店或在綫瀏覽時,我都會不自覺地將目光停留在它上麵,仿佛它蘊藏著某種我尚未發掘的智慧寶藏。我總是想象著,這本書的作者是如何將那些看似簡單卻極其深刻的道理,用一種深入淺齣的方式呈現給讀者的。我特彆好奇,那些“七個習慣”到底是什麼?它們是如何被提煉齣來的?而且,這本書以“平裝”的形式齣現,這本身就帶有一種親民感,讓我覺得它不是那種高高在上的學術著作,而是能夠走進生活、觸手可及的實用指南。我甚至幻想過,如果我能夠切實地將書中的某個習慣融入到我的日常生活中,我的工作效率、人際關係,甚至是對待生活本身的態度,是否會發生質的飛躍?這本書對我來說,已經不僅僅是一本待讀的書,更像是一個潛在的夥伴,一個能夠引領我走嚮更好自我的指路明燈。我期待著有一天,當我翻開它的扉頁,能夠感受到那種被知識和啓發所點燃的激動。