Lessons from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

• ·    In order to change, you have to address your character and not your behaviour. Our behaviour is formed by our personal fundamental principles. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it. Our perception is not an objective reality, but rather a subjective interpretation tinted by the paradigm-glass we wear. To overcome an ingrained habit, we have to first identify the fundamental principle which forms the habit.

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Review of Think and Grow Rich

Written during the Great Depression, Think and Grow Rich is probably the most famous self-help book. It is available in more than 120 editions and has been purchased over 30 million times. I had heard a great deal about this book, and moreover, its title is also catchy, so I decided to give it a shot.

Summary of Who Will Cry When You Die

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I am here giving the crux of Who Will Cry When You Die. The number written before each point represents the chapter number. For the full list of chapter headings, click here.

Review of Robin Sharma's Who Will Cry When You Die

Before reading this book I had no idea about its genre. I didn’t even bother to check its reviews nor had I read any book of Robin Sharma before this book. I was browsing through Amazon to buy some other books and bought it just because it was one of their top 25 books. After reading it, I can surely say that it was a good decision.      

This book is a collection of life lessons. The author has profusely used quotes and life-principles of other self-help writers and philosophers. Some principles have directly been copied from other books. I read Think and Grow Rich and The Power of Your Subconscious Mind just after this book. Some content of his book matches with these books. So basically, the author has only collected teachings of some wise men in one book.  

But that does not decrease the value of life lessons this book contains. Most of the self-help books are written on motivation where the writer tells you about the power of your mind and urges you to be overly optimistic and fear nothing. This simple message is repeated all over the book in different words. This book is not entirely about motivation. It contains a total of 101 lessons. Each lesson is concise and different from the others. If properly followed, this book can make your life less 

complicated, increase your productivity, and bring joy to your daily routine.

Reading this book will make you happier and might change your perspective towards life. It emphasises on finding joy in simple stuff. I recommend you to read the full book as it will barely take three to four hours. However, if you don’t have even that much of time, here is the crux of this book. Summary of Who Will Cry When You Die

I am also giving the headings of all the lessons, most of the headings are self-explanatory. 

1. Discover your calling
2. Every day, be kind to a stranger
3. Maintain your perspective
4. Practice tough love.
5. Keep a journal
6. Develop an honesty philosophy
7. Honour your past.
8. Start your day well
9. Learn to say NO gracefully
10. Take a weekly sabbatical
11. Talk to yourself
12. Schedule worry breaks
13. Model a child
14. Remember, genius is 99 percent inspiration
15. Care for the temple
16. Learn to be silent.
17. Think about your ideal neighbourhood.
18. Get up early
19. See your troubles as blessings.
20. Laugh More
21. Spend a day without your watch
22. Take more risks
23. Live a life
24. Learn to live
25. Bless your money
26. Focus on the worthy
27. Write thank-you notes.
28. Always carry a book with you.
29. Create a love account
30. Get behind people’s eyeballs.
31. List your problems
32. Practice the action habit
33. See your children as gifts.
34. Enjoy the path, not just the rewards
35. Remember that awareness precedes change.
36. Read Tuesdays With Morrie.
37. Master your time.
38. Keep you cool.
39. Recruit a board of directors.
40. Cure your monkey mind.
41. Get good at asking
42. Look for the higher meaning of your work
43. Build a library of heroic books.
44. Develop your talents.
45. Connect with nature
46. Use your commute time
47. Go on  a news fast
48. Get serious about setting goals.
49. Remember the rule of 21.
50. Practice forgiveness.
51. Drink fresh fruit juice.
52. Create a pure environment
53. Walk in the woods.
54. Get a coach.
55. Take a mini-vacation.
56. Become a volunteer.
57. Find your six degrees of separation.
58. Listen to music daily.
59. Write a legacy statement.
60. Find three great friends.
61. Read The Artist’s Way.
62. Learn to meditate.
63. Have a living funeral
64. Stop complaining and start living.
65. Increase your value
66. Be a better parent
67. Be unorthodox.
68. Carry a goal card
69. Be more than your moods.
70. Savour the simple stuff
71. Stop condemning
72. See your day as your life
73. Create a mastermind alliance
74. Create a daily code of conduct
75. Imagine a richer reality
76. Become the CEO of your life.
77. Be humble
78. Don’t finish every book you start.
79.  Don’t be so hard on yourself
80. Make a vow of silence
81. Don’t pick up the phone every time it rings.
82. Remember that recreation must involve re-creation.
83. Choose worthy opponents.
84. Sleep less
85. Have a family mealtime
86. Become an impostor
87. Take a public speaking course
88. Stop thinking tiny thoughts
89. Don’t worry about things you can’t change
90. Learn how to walk
91. Rewrite your life story
92. Plant a tree
93. Find your place of peace
94. Take more pictures
95. Be an adventurer
96. Decompress before you go home
97. Respect your instincts
98. Collect quotes that inspire you
99. Love you work
100. Selflessly work
101. Live fully so that you can die happy.