Good Housekeeping Sep-14

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Ever read a book that totally affected how you looked at the world? For me, that book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. A friend gave it to me shortly after college to help me develop my leadership skills, which apparently needed fine-tuning. At the time, I didn't have grandiose aspirations toward being "highly effective"—I just wanted to get my fledgling business off the ground. Yet the book's author, Stephen R. Covey, had a knack for telling real people's stories in a way that both was easy to read and helped move my understanding far beyond the scope of my own experience. One of the lessons he shared has stuck with me ever since. Covey was riding the subway on a Sunday morning. The passengers were quietly sitting…

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