The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

This was the book the placed the name "Steven Covey" on the map of business and leadership literature.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

This was the book the placed the name "Steven Covey" on the map of business and leadership literature.

He centered on the "inside-out" approach, that behaviour can be learned and is not entirely instinctive. A person can break old habits and replace them with more powerful effective habits that can make one's life richer and fuller.

The author believes that we should focus back on the Character Ethic rather than the Personality Ethic. He differentiates the two as character being more embedded to one's life and not merely some technique that one applies for short-term gain.

Below is the list of habits that Steven Covey identified to be common among effective people:

1. Be Proactive (initiative)

2. Begin with the End in Mind (creativity)

3. Put First Things First (productivity)

4. Think Win/Win (interdependence)

5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood (empathy)

6. Synergize (valuing differences)

7. Sharpen the Saw (consistency

This is one book, I'd love to have my kids read the moment the can learn how to read. hehehe.

Quote from the book:

"The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person."