Audible.com is giving a free audiobook version of the popular personal development book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey.
I’ve read about half of the print version, and it does have some useful tips. One idea that I explored previously was to focus on your circle of financial influence.
Might be worth a download to see if you like to listen to audiobooks while commuting. Turns out, I don’t.
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Hey Jonathan. Thanks for the post, but the link you gave is session specific and is now timing out. I tried to find it directly on the site, but I couldn’t find the free version.
Thanks for the note, I think I fixed the link.
Even if audiobook is free, they require to install some softare on my computer. No way.
Now they have my Email and I lost 5 minutes….
thanks for this.
Hey WhiteJoe;
The “Software” is just a download manager to make it easier to find your files and to ensure that they finish downloading.
If you’re an iTunes user, the downloaded software also gives you an Audiobook plug-in so that it can do things like automatically save your place in the book.
It’s unobtrusive and pretty easy to uninstall.
For those who haven’t read this one, it’s pretty much a personal development staple. The 200-page book can reasonably reduce to about 7 pages of notes, but you have to go through that 200-page journey for the notes to make any sense 🙂
I’ve been over my personal 7 Habits notes probably a 5 or 6 times since I finished reading the book years ago. And every time, even the compressed version helps bring to light something that I’m failing to do.
At the end of the day, almost every book on personal development steals from 7 Habits. Almost every time I’ve been in a developmental slump, I’m failing at one of the habits. I’ve seen it others too.
So if you get the chance to read or hear this book for free, it will be worth every hour you spend on it.
Thank you for the heads up. I own the book but can’t seem to get past the 1st chapter. Maybe this will do the trick.
I took advantage of an Audible deal 2 months ago for 4 free books. A decent idea but hate this monthly subscription model. And the fact that I couldn’t play books on my Dell PDA.
There is an app called Tunebite that converts from their format into mp3 via iTunes for those interested. Works well.
For those like me hoping for a straightforward MP3 download, don’t bother…
I wonder if I can read the quick version on wikipedia… I hate reading – just want to get what the jest is all about.
@Pev: The core contents of the book are available on Wikipedia, but just reading the overview is really insufficient.
Each of the core pieces are explained using examples and stories. If you can’t be bothered to flesh out the various core concepts, then the book simply doesn’t work.
Of course, if you really don’t like to read, have you actually tried audiobooks? It’s a great way to “take in” a book without having to stare at lots of pages.
This is, hands down, one of the best and most powerful books I’ve ever read in my life. I have recommended it to countless people. The fact that you’re seeking it out says volumes about your level of self-awareness as it is and this book builds on that.