Interdependence is a higher value than Independence

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What a great sentence it is! You will find this sentence, "Interdependence is a higher value than Independence", in the Stephen R Covey's book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People".

This book is one of those best books you could buy and add to your library. And the Preface itself consists of this great line in the beginning.

To summarize the meaning of this line we can say that the whole world would be happy with peace and good human relations spread all over, if every leader from every country understands these principles.

Of course these are not the principles founded by Mr. Stephen R Covey but are those which were discovered by him during his research on the past 200 years of the Success literature as a part of his doctoral program.

"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" is undoubtedly the best guide for any individual or a manager to perform effectively restoring that Character ethic which was eventually lost in the recent years of materialistic management.

To buy this book or any of the other great books by Stephen R Covey visit his website http://www.stephencovey.com

An Indian passionate about Science, Technology, Leadership and Philosophy

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Anonymous said…
Really good book by Stephen R Covey. This book is a must read book for the whole world.
Nov 15, 2007, 7:48:00 PM
Anonymous said…
Stephen Covey is a genius. He discovered that if both the Ethical principles and the management principles are mixed together, there will be good leaders around this world and that leads to a happy and better world. Hats off to Stephen. Thanks for your informative post.
Nov 15, 2007, 7:48:00 PM
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