A review by shelby96gt
First Things First by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

1.0

I do not normally read self-help books and unfortunately, this book does not make me want to read more. I was very hopeful going into this book that I would get something new out of it and maybe some meaningful insight into my “first things.” However, like nearly all self-help/motivational/personal growth books, it said the same thing but pretended that its packaging was different and therefore the message was different. It is quite possible that the biggest issue I have is with the author as I talked about the book with my mother who happened to be reading another book by Steven Covey and was also finding it to be unenlightening. All the “new” ideas that they tried to impart on me were things that I have already tried or were already doing in my life.

The most positive thing I can say about this book is that it forced me to self-reflect more than I normally do. I am normally a very introspective person though, so this was not much more self-reflection than I normally do.