7 Habits of Highly Successful People
by Taylor Lee · first published 2021
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Practical, principle-based guide to personal effectiveness and self-discipline. Readers credit it with helping them identify goals and act on them, and suggest it for anyone wanting a framework for habits and priorities.
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Right off the bat, here you go: 1. The 7 habits of highly successful people (Stephen Covey) 2. The Miracle Morning (Hal Elrod) 3. Business Model Generation (Aelxander Osterwalder) 4. The Art Of War (Sun Tzu) 5. The E-myth, why most businesses don't work and what to do about…
on “Ask HN: Which books do you wish you'd read earlier in life?” ↗…time? This is very harmful to your "intellectual growth" and you should break out of the mindset that everything you read should be oriented towards your job and career only. Something from the book The 7 habits of highly successful people which i had read a long time ago stayed with me. There is a concept of P (for Production) and PC (for Production Capability/Capacity) mentioned in that book. P is what gets you a job in the present time…
on “Good Books for a Lousy Year” ↗…Don't bs, don't overpromise, own up to your failure, and follow-through on the things you say you'll do (and it will be easy to do this if you are honest about what you can / can't do) Favorite book: 7 Habits of Highly Successful People; the title sounds like a business book but it's really about how to be a better person / friend / parent / colleague / etc
on “Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlier in your career?” ↗…since they had gotten me this far) and thus cut off opportunities and other people. Eventually I was able to be a bit more chilled out while still keeping the discipline in the right areas. I found that 7 habits of highly successful people really helped me; I also recommend "Wooden on Leadership" and "The Score Takes Care of Itself" as examples of champions putting this bottoms-up approach into practice over years and reaping the rewards.…
on “Ask HN: How do you stay disciplined in the long run?” ↗…identify the things I wanted to do and do them. While also enjoying myself with the "Guilt Free Play" he talks about being important. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QNVP7M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?... 7 Habits of Highly Successful People: This book was another friend recommendation, that helped me focus on and deal with my own internal issues that was encouraging my procrastination. I was able to start identifying them and working on…
on “Ask HN: What do you struggle with?” ↗The same two books I read every year. 7 Habits of highly successful people How to win friends and influence people. Both books seem to be used in thousands of newer books, borrowing the same themes.
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?” ↗…figured out by someone else. Get some books max. Post to reddit about not caring about yourself? Good first step! (nonzero day, thanks younger me for typing it out) You know what else you could do? Read 7 habits of highly successful people. Read "emotional intelligence". Read "From good to great". Read “thinking fast and slow”. Read books that will help you understand. Read the bodyweight fitness reddit and incorporate it into your workouts.…
on “Ask HN: How to Survive when Life is in Pieces?” ↗Good analysis. I'm half way through reading F.A.W. but I have a bad habit of switching books. Right now I'm on How to Win Friends and Influence People and then I'll go to 7 Habits of Highly Successful People and then I'll read a few more cases. It keeps my mind fresh for each book.
on “The one book you need to read to get in YC” ↗…finally do that world cruise you had been waiting to do all your life? Riiiiight. Now having some sort of principles you live by and to keep yourself honest maybe write them down somewhere (read The 7 habits of highly successful people), sure. Quarterly goals with OKRs? Sorry that already doesn't work at work as no higher up or HR person ever has used them for good if you ask me. Bringing that to my personal life? Lol? 'Increase happiness…
on “Setting up personal OKR (objectives and key-results)” ↗Those concepts are in the '7 habits of highly successful people' - but introduced as the circle of influence and the circle of concern. The idea promoted is that stress will result when you try and deal with things outside of your circle of influence, and you have…
on “A Guide to the Good Life” ↗