Stephen R Covey - Professional Biography

in 1996, Stephen R. Covey was recognized as one of Time magazine's 25 most influential Americans and one of Sales and Marketing Management's top 25 power brokers.

Dr. Covey is the author of several acclaimed books, including the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It has sold more than 15 million copies in 38 languages throughout the world. Other bestsellers authored by Dr. Covey include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, with sales exceeding one million, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.

Dr. Covey’s newest book, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, which was released in November 2004, has risen to the top of several bestseller lists, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today Money, Business Week, and Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. The 8th Habit has sold more than 360,000 copies.

In 2002, Forbes named The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People one of the top 10 most influential management books ever.

A survey by Chief Executive Magazine recognized The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as one of the two most influential business books of the twentieth century.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People audiobook on tape is the best-selling nonfiction audio in history, selling more than 1.5 million copies.

Over two million copies of First Things First have been sold. Simon & Schuster expressed the opinion, "...First Things First is the best-selling time management book ever."
Dr. Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families was released in October 1997 and ranked fourth on the New York Times list within three months of its release date. It is the No. 1 best-selling hardcover book on family.

Dr. Covey is cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, the leading global professional services firm with offices in 123 countries. FranklinCovey shares Dr. Covey’s vision, discipline and passion to inspire, lift and provide tools for change and growth of individuals and organizations throughout the world.

Dr. Covey's organizational legacy to the world is Covey Leadership Center. On May 30, 1997, a merger of Covey Leadership Center with Franklin Quest created FranklinCovey. Dr. Covey's vision of empowering organizations to implement "principle-centered" leadership in their cultures continues to be an important focus of FranklinCovey

Book Review - Awake The Giant Within

"Awaken the Giant Within" - How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! was written by Anthony Robbins back in 1992.

It is 544 pages of the man's motivational techniques and self help tips. Awaken the Giant Within covers a wide range of topics, from goal setting, to Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), personal finance, and relationships.

The book comes across as fast paced and entertaining, just like he is on his many infomercials. It covers a lot of material, with much of it requiring you to make positive changes and work on yourself. So it is probably best skimmed, before going back to chapters that relate most to your life.

Robbins uses a lot of techniques that are either influenced by or are taken from the pseudoscientific principles of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). But Awaken the Giant Within is more than a book derived from NLP, it is a manual for life. If one technique or chapter does not work for you, there are plenty more in the book that can.

Anthony Robbins has copped plenty of criticisms for his infomercials, his personal life, and his high priced seminars, but Awaken the Giant Within is a self help classic. Awaken the Giant Within Book Quotes

"After making a true decision, even a tough one, most of us feel a tremendous amount of relief. We've finally gotten off the fence! And we all know how great it feels to have a clear, unquestionable objective." Tony Robbins

"The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we instantly change our behaviors." Tony Robbins

"The past doesn't equal the future. All great leaders, all people who have achieved in any area of life, know the power of continuously pursuing their vision, even if all the details of how to achieve it aren't yet available." Tony Robbins

Awaken the Giant Within Book Contents
Foreword
Part One - Unleash Your Power
Part Two - Taking Control, The Master System
Part Three - The Seven Days to Shape Your Life
Part Four - A Lesson in Destiny

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Suatu hari di usia tuanya Winston Churchill mengunjungi sebuah sekolah dasar dimana ia pernah bersekolah saat masih kecil dan akan menyampaikan sebuah pidato. Sang kepala sekolah berpesan kepada murid-muridnya "Ini adalah saat-saat bersejarah, Winston Churchill adalah pembicara berbahasa inggris yang paling hebat.

Tuliskan semua kata-kata yang diucapkannya. Ia akan menyampaikan sebuah pidato yang tak terlupakan"

Ketika Churchill berpidato, sejenak ia memandang ke anak-anak itu dengan kacamata yg dilorotkan, kemudian berkata :"Never Give Up....Never Give Up....Never Give Up....!!" lalu ia kembali ke tempat duduknya.

Sebagian besar murid sekolah tsb sangat kecewa dengan pidato yang sangat singkat itu, namun sang kepala sekolah merasa bahwa itu adalah pidato Churchill yang paling hebat.
Sebuah ciri khas Churchill yang paling menonjol adalah keuletannya. Ia tidak pernah menyerah dan sikap itulah yang menginspirasikan Inggris saat Perang Dunia II untuk terus berjuang ketika yang lainnya telah menyerah.

Keuletan artinya terus berpegang pada perjuangan kita. Keuletan artinya kita konsisten dengan kata-kata kita. Keuletan adalah tentang "mengamalkan ucapan kita dengan perbuatan nyata".

Anthony Robbins - Biography

Anthony Robbins (Tony Robbins) is a best selling self help author, motivational speaker, and advisor to many world leaders, sports professionals and business people.

He is an internationally recognized personality and has appeared on countless infomercials, television interviews, talk shows, radio programs, and has even appeared as himself in the romantic comedy "Shallow Hal" starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black.

Tony Robbins was born on the 29th of February 1960 (leap year), California, USA. He became determined to change his life after a particularly low period in his life where he was struggling to pay his bills, over weight and without direction.Robbins transformed his life and developed systems to change the lives of thousands more. Neuro-linguistic programming or NLP became an integral part of Robbins' current philosophy and teachings.

His popular motivational technique "neuroassociative conditioning" was developed from the teachings of NLP. Anthony Robbins gets his message out to an international audience of millions through his best selling motivational books, audio programs, motivational seminars, motivational coaching and the philanthropic work that he and his companies do with the less privileged members of society.

Some of his popular motivational products include:Awaken the Giant Within: Book & Audio ProgramHow to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Best selling self help book where Tony Robbins sets out to teach the reader strategies to achieve success in life, overcome phobias, improve relationships, and to make lasting change by eliminating destructive habits. Unlimited Power: Book & Audio ProgramThe New Science Of Personal AchievementRobbins shares some of his Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques to learn how to eliminate phobias in minutes, create rapport with strangers, and to duplicate the success of others.

Anthony Robbins has created an almost fanatical group of followers worldwide with people prepared to pay thousands of dollars to attend his motivational seminars and workshops, but he also has his critics. One area critics talk of is his firewalking workshops where participants are encouraged to walk barefooted across hot coals. Critics say it is simple logic and not the power of the mind that gets people across the coals without burning their feet. Robbins is also an active and generous philanthropist.

The "Anthony Robbins Foundation" had its beginnings in Robbins giving out bags of groceries anonymously to impoverished families at Thanks Giving each year. The organization now feeds more than 500,000 people each year worldwide during Thanksgiving, Easter and December holidays. Inspiration, education and training are also delivered to disadvantaged people in society.