The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Stephen R. Covey(1989)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a comprehensive program based on developing an awareness of how perceptions and assumptions hinder success---in business as well as presonal relationships. Here's an approach that will help broaden your way of thinking and lead to greater opportunities and effective problem solving.Be Pro-Active: Take the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.Begin With an End in Mind: Start with a clear destination to understand where you are now, where you're going and what you value most.Put First Things First: Manage yourself. Organize and execute around priorities.Think Win/Win: See life as a cooperative, not a comprehensive arena where success is not achieved at the expense or exclusion of the success of others.Seek First to Understand: Understand then be understood to build the skills of empathetic listening that inspires openness and trust.Synergize: Apply the principles of cooperative creativity and value differences.Renewal: Preserv