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I will start by admitting that I didn't fully read this Stephen Covey book so take what I have to say with a grain of salt and ignore my review completely if you so desire. There is a good reason why I didn't get very far and I will get to that. I read the book "How to win friends and influence people" years ago and to this day, I believe it was one of the greatest books I have ever read. The techniques I learned from that book truly did change my life and improve me as a person. Only recently someone suggested to me that if I enjoyed Dale Carnegie's book then I would definitely enjoy "The 7 habits of highly effective people" as well. Now I generally am not a fan of "self help" type books but after reading some very positive reviews on the internet I decided I would buy it and read it. I purchased the book on a Friday and returned it on Saturday. Let me explain why. Within a few pages of my beginning the book Covey began making references to his faith, the power of prayer, God and so on. (Later I found out he is an active member of the Church of Latter Day Saints). Sorry, but as soon as someone starts bringing religion, spirituality, prayer, higher power or whatever else into the discussion I pretty much tune out and lose interest and confidence in anything else they have to say. Such people aren't dealing in science, facts, evidence and reason. They are in my mind, basically mystics and they are potentially dangerous. I won't go too deeply into it here because I don't want to offend anybody but I've ZERO time for religion or religious zealots. As far as I'm concerned anyone who uses religion to bolster their argument for or against anything or tries to covertly slip it into the discussion of other matters is an automatic write off and someone whose advice I make a point of deliberately ignoring. Some may gain some benefit from this book and if they do then that is fantastic and I am happy for them. Just be aware that Covey tries to sneakily interject religion into what is supposed to be a self help manual. For me that makes him a total write off.