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katydailey's review
3.0
I'm not sorry I read it. I think it could have been about 1/3 shorter. Just say what you have to say. I bought the book. (Just kidding, I got it from the library.) you don't have to keep selling it. After 2/3 I started skimming because the book was basically over, but there were more pages.
aelunny's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Repetitive but provided an interesting perspective to what makes up trust. I feel like a lot of the buss words/topics were brainstormed to hit "13 behaviors", "10 reasons why trust is important", etc. and watered down the content, but there were some solid nuggets of knowledge/ideas in there.
jenmangler's review
2.0
Read this one for a professional development book study. It's a little too corporate for my liking. The other Covey books I've read for professional development were needlessly long and repetitive, and this one is no different. Still, it did spark good introspection while reading the first half of the book.
pecosedie's review
informative
slow-paced
2.0
My biggest struggle with this book was the unabashed self-promotion and overwhelming ego that was so thick and all-consuming throughout the pages. By the halfway point, the book's credibility was so diminished that I merely skimmed the rest in search of Covey's perspective on managing those whose lack of moral compass deems them unworthy of being trusted. I was able to find sparce treatment of this vital topic that was totally inadequate for those saddled with untrustworthy colleagues in the workplace and elsewhere.
shawniebooks's review
4.0
Read for my work book club. I found many pieces here that I can put to use at work and at home in personal relationships.
sllaclaire's review against another edition
3.0
Learned a few new things-
Trust is an economic driver, the #1 competency, and CAN BE LEARNED
Trust is an economic driver, the #1 competency, and CAN BE LEARNED
gadsdenlee's review
2.0
Book lost me when it claimed the reason rioters in LA didn't touch McDonald's is because McDonald's supported the community. Classic causation fallacy. Fwiw, I love the covey family, but this book isn't worth it.