The 3rd Alternative - Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems

Informationen zum Autor Stephen R. Covey Klappentext From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" comes a breakthrough approach to conflict resolution and creative problem solving in this groundbreaking work. 3rd Alternative 1 The Transition Point L ife is full of problems. Problems that seem impossible to solve. Personal problems. Family problems. Problems at work, in our neighborhoods, and in the world at large. Perhaps you’re in a marriage that started off great, but now you can barely stand each other. You may have estranged relationships with your parents, siblings, or children. It could be that you feel overwhelmed and out of balance at work, always trying to do more with less. Or maybe, like so many others, you are tired of our litigious society, in which people are so quick to sue you don’t dare make a move. We worry about crime and its drag on our society. We see politicians going at it and getting nowhere. We watch the news at night and lose hope that the perpetual conflicts between people and nations will ever be resolved. So we lose hope, give up, or settle for a compromise that doesn’t feel so good in the end. That’s why I’ve longed to write this book. It’s about a principle so fundamental that I believe it can transform your life and the whole world. It is the highest and most important insight I have garnered from studying those people who lead truly effective lives. Basically, it’s the key to solving life’s most difficult problems. All people suffer adversities, mostly in silence. Most soldier on bravely in the face of their problems, working and hoping for a better future. For many, terror is just under the surface. Some of these terrors are physical, some psychological, but all are very real. If you understand and live by the principle in this book, you may not only conquer your problems, but you may go on to build a future for yourself that’s better than you ever imagined possible. I did not discover this principle—it’s eternal. But for those who apply it to the challenges they face, it’s no understatement to say that it may be the greatest discovery of their lives. My book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People leads up to it. Of all the principles in that book, I called it “the most catalytic, the most empowering, the most unifying, and the most exciting.” In The 7 Habits, I was able to deal with this principle in only a general way; but in this book, I invite you to explore it with me much more broadly and deeply. If you pay the price to truly understand it, you’ll never think the same way again. You’ll find yourself approaching your most difficult challenges in life in an entirely new, exponentially more effective way. I’m profoundly excited to share with you stories about some rare people who have grasped this principle. They are not only problem solvers but also creators of the new future we all dream of. Among many, you’ll read about • A father who rescued his troubled daughter from years of despair and near suicide in one surprising evening. • A young man in India who is solving the problem of electric power for millions of poor people—at virtually no cost. • A police chief who cut the juvenile crime rate in a major Canadian city by half. • A woman who is bringing New York’s polluted harbor back to life—again at almost no cost. • A husband and wife who once could hardly speak to each other and now laugh together about those difficult days. • The judge who brought a quick, peaceful end to the biggest environmental lawsuit in American history—without setting foot in a courtroom. • The principal of a high school for migrant workers’ chi...

Product details

• Authors: Stephen R. Covey
• Publisher: Free Press USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2012
• EAN: 9781451626278
• ISBN: 978-1-4516-2627-8
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 226 mm x 31 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management