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Nonfiction · Self-Help · Psychology · Young Adult
About 5 h 45 min · at 30 minutes a day, about 12 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
Sean Covey adapts his father Stephen R. Covey’s seven habits into a guide to handling school, family and friendships, arguing that change begins with taking responsibility for your choices. The habits progress from setting goals and organizing priorities to listening, cooperating and maintaining your own well-being. Examples address insecurity, peer pressure and disagreements with parents, alongside social media and cyberbullying.
Conversational and cheerfully instructive, the book belongs on the teen self-help shelf. Cartoons, quotations, personal stories and small exercises break the advice into manageable sections, though the habits are intended to build on one another. Its approach asks readers to practice everyday changes, and the tone frequently resembles a motivational pep talk.
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
Teens looking for practical help with school, family and friendships. The advice addresses insecurity, peer pressure, disagreements with parents, social media and cyberbullying, with an emphasis on taking responsibility for your choices.
Yes, small exercises ask you to practice everyday changes, from setting goals and organizing priorities to listening and cooperating. Personal stories help explain the habits and connect them to situations involving school, parents and friends.
No, the prose is conversational and direct, with cartoons, quotations, personal stories and small exercises breaking the advice into manageable sections. The pace is brisk, though putting the habits into practice asks for ongoing effort.
Warm, hopeful and cheerfully instructive, with frequent motivational pep talks. The direct address and emphasis on personal responsibility make the advice earnest and encouraging.
Yes, the habits are intended to build on one another, moving from goals and priorities toward listening, cooperation and maintaining your well-being. The manageable sections support practicing everyday changes as you go.
288 pages in the Simon & Schuster 2014 trade paperback edition.
Simon & Schuster · 2014 · Trade Paperback. ISBN 9781476764665.
About 5 hours 45 minutes at 50 pages an hour, based on the 288-page Simon & Schuster edition. Dense books can take longer.
Sean Covey is an American author, speaker, and business executive who serves as president of FranklinCovey Education and executive vice president of Global Partnerships. He began writing educational and business books while working at FranklinCovey, bringing his professional focus on leadership into practical books for young readers and adults. His best-known work, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, organizes questions of agency, responsibility, relationships, and long-term goals into a framework suited to adolescent life. Its examples and exercises address self-image, peer pressure, social media, difficult decisions, cooperation, and self-renewal.
Hal Elrod
Self-Help · Psychology · Self-help
