那是1995年;此后,他几乎在全球各地都越来越受欢迎。《高效能人士的七个习惯》现在被译成了32种语言,销量超过2000万册,是有史以来最重要的管理书籍之一。
The reason it has lasted so much better than most self-help books is that its central insight is really rather good. Covey pointed out that the success of all organisations depends on the behaviour of each individual, an idea that is now commonplace, but was novel when the book was published in 1989. What Covey was peddling was a kind of total quality management for the character – as The Economist called it. He eschewed softie miracle fixes, preferring to draw inspiration from Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin, who favoured integrity, courage and patience.
这本书比其他多数励志图书更经得起时间的考验,原因是,其中心思想确实很棒。柯维指出,所有组织的成功都取决于个人的行为。这一思想现在已不足为奇,但在本书1989年发表时是一种新颖的说法。柯维提倡的是一种对性格的全面质量管理(total quality management),这是《经济学人》(The Economist)的评语。他摒弃软弱的奇迹疗法,更倾向于从推崇正直、勇敢和耐心的亚伯拉罕·林肯(Abraham Lincoln)和本杰明·富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)那里获得灵感。
It is only a shame Covey did not stick to the prose style of his forebears. Instead, he has left a blemish on the English language by making popular such terms as “win-win, “proactive “synergise and “paradigm which, alas, show no sign of dying with their propagator.
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