From elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading and beyond, readers will learn when and how to “judge a book by its cover,” perceive structure no matter the prose, read critically, and extract the author’s message from the text.Īlso included are specific reading techniques that work best for reading particular genres, whether they be practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy, or social science works. Originally written in 1940 and first published by Simon & Schuster in 1972, How to Read a Book introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them in order to gain the most understanding and insight from any book. With more than half a million paperback copies in print and now in this stunning hardcover keepsake edition, How to Read a Book is the classic and definitive guide to reading comprehension and retention for students of literature, scholars across disciplines, and anyone who just loves to read. What was the model that was propounded by Stephen Covey in his mega-famous book? We shall begin by trying to understand his model first, and then interpret it in such a way that it pertains to every aspect of our life less The only thing is that you have to understand these ideals and try to implement them in your life.īut, before we barge into that area, it is extremely important to understand what these ideals are. If you implement it, there should be no aspect of your life that should go untouched. We are trying to show you how Covey’s book, or rather, his model, was a complete model in itself. There are hidden implications in this book, yes, and a lot of people have just failed to see through them. They do not understand that Covey was trying to tell more than he wrote in words. If you ask them what the seven habits are, they can rattle them off end to end, but then they miss the larger picture. These are people who are impressed by the book already. The second problem is that a lot of people have a myopic view of Covey’s ideals. Or, they take the information and do not make the effort to actually utilize it so that it becomes knowledge for them. They do not realize that this book contains life-changing information. They consider his masterpiece of a book as a mere coffee-table book or a book that you use for light reading when you are traveling and then forget all about it. The first problem is that most people are too lazy to implement the ideals of Stephen Covey in their lives. There are two main problems here, and we are talking only about the people who have read the book already. Now, I am not saying that by using Covey’s model, or anyone else’s model for that matter, you can become a sure-shot success, but at least we should have seen many more successes around us already judging by the number of copies the book has sold! So, where is the shortcoming? This is definitely true because we still see so much failure all around us. This book was wonderful education for people, education in how to live life effectively and get closer to the ideal of being a ‘success’ in life.īut not everyone understands Stephen Covey’s model fully well, or maybe there are some people who haven’t read it yet. When Stephen Covey first released The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book became an instant rage because people suddenly got up and took notice that their lives were headed off in the wrong direction and more than that, they realized that there were so many simple things they could do in order to navigate their life correctly.
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