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Think with Stephen R. Covey's tools

12 Stations through two of Covey's books, from the lens behind your reactions to a week built around what matters most, ending with a plan of your own in which the important work goes in first.

We do not re-summarise The 7 Habits; it has its own road. We connect two books: the habits that build character and cooperation, then First Things First, written with A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill, on putting importance before urgency, one week at a time. The order is a teaching order designed by BookYol, not the authors' own.

Examining the lens behind a reactionWriting a mission that guides decisionsChoosing importance over urgencyReaching agreements that work for both sidesPlanning the week around big rocks

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The road, station by station

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01Spot the lens behind your reaction
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Today’s Station — start →
02Sort your worry: what you can touch vs. what you can't
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
03Write a mission built on principles, not on things that move
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
04The clock and the compass
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from First Things First
05Notice the urgency addiction
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from First Things First
06To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy
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from First Things First
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The compass before the clock
The lens behind one recurring problem is examined, a first mission draft is written, last week's hours are set against what matters most, and the need you have been neglecting has one appointment.
07Win-Win, or No Deal
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
08Listen until they feel understood, then speak
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
09Turn a disagreement into a third alternative
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
10Sharpen the Saw: build a weekly renewal routine
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from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
11Keep faith with the plan at the moment of choice
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from First Things First
12Put the big rocks in first
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from First Things First
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Destination: a week with the big rocks in first
A one-page plan for next week is written: your roles, a few big rocks booked before anything else, a rule for the moment of choice and a Friday check, with a place in it for agreements, listening and renewal.

Built from these books

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen R. Covey
First Things FirstStephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill

Stations are original editorial syntheses of ideas from these books — never replacements for them. If a Station earns its keep, the book deserves your shelf.

Who Stephen R. Covey is, and how they think

This Yol is for you if…

Managers and professionals whose weeks fill up without moving what matters most
Readers of The 7 Habits who want the habit of putting first things first worked out week by week
Anyone who plans carefully at the start of the week and loses the plan by Tuesday

…and honestly not if

Anyone who wants The 7 Habits alone, in the book's own order; it has its own road
Anyone looking for a faster to-do list method or a productivity app

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Think with Stephen R. Covey's tools

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