Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

When Stephen Covey originally published The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book became an instant hit as people suddenly understood that their lives were heading in the wrong way and that there were so many simple things they could undertake to steer their lives in the right direction. This book provided excellent instruction on how to live life efficiently and approach the aim of becoming a “success” in life.

However, not everyone fully comprehends Stephen Covey’s model, or perhaps some individuals have not yet read it. This is unquestionably true since we still witness so much failure everywhere. We are not claiming that applying Covey’s approach, or any other model for that matter, will guarantee success, but considering the number of units the book has sold, we have seen many more triumphs around us already!

The majority of individuals are too indolent to integrate Stephen Covey’s principles into their life. They believe his opus to be little more than a coffee-table book or a work for light reading while traveling, after which it is forgotten. They are unaware that this book holds information that can alter their lives.

Individuals frequently have had a warped myopic view of Covey’s principles. These people have already been impressed by the book. If you ask them to recite the seven habits, they can do it verbatim, but they miss the bigger picture. They do not comprehend that Covey intended to convey more than what he wrote.

This is the objective we are pursuing. We are attempting to demonstrate that Covey’s book, or rather his paradigm, was a model in and of itself. There was nothing wrong with it. There ought to be no element of your life left untouched if you adopt it.

First Things First

In his book First Things First, Stephen M. R. Covey suggests categorizing chores by urgency and significance so that you can spend your limited time on what must be accomplished. Using personal anecdotes and professional acumen gleaned from decades of experience, he proposes a fresh perspective on your “to-do” list. Instead of providing you with another calendar, First Things First offers you a guide, since your destination is more vital than your speed.

From the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide on balancing your professional and personal objectives.

You might wonder why you are getting more done in less time, but you might have an inadequacy of inner calm, rich relationships, equilibrium, and assurance that you are doing what’s most important and you are doing it well.

Even when you believe you’re being the most productive, does this question niggle at you? If so, First Things First can assist you in comprehending why we so frequently prioritize things that are insignificant to our greater aims and our satisfaction.

Principle-Centered Leadership

From the writer of the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a handbook on leadership at the core level.

How can organizations and individuals thrive under profound change? Despite billions of dollars in capital, time, and human effort, why do endeavors and utmost efforts to transform organizations fail? How do we liberate our own and others’ talent, creativity, and energy when under pressure? Is it reasonable to expect a balance between family, personal, and professional life?

Stephen R. Covey argues that principle-centered leadership, an inside-out, long-term strategy for developing both individuals and organizations, is the solution to these and other difficulties. The key to overcoming the issues we confront today is developing a principle-centered core inside ourselves and within our businesses.

Dr. Covey provides insights and instructions to help you implement these ideas at work and home, resulting in not only a greater awareness of how to boost productivity and quality but also a new awareness of the significance of creating professional and personal relationships. The outcome is a life that is more rewarding, balanced, and effective.

The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At a Time

Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the renowned author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, demonstrates how his leadership ideas can be utilized in children of all ages.

We are flooded with instructions and information about what to do, who to be, and how to live in the modern world. But what if there were a way to learn how to think as well as what to think? A curriculum that taught adolescents how to organize their priorities, concentrate on their goals, and be a good outcome in their schools?

This is the Leader in Me curriculum. Stephen R. Covey demonstrated in this best-seller that the 7 Habits, which have already transformed the lives of millions of readers, can be used by young children as they mature. In leadership development programs, schools around the nation are adopting these practices, most notably at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in Raleigh. The applications not only work, but they accomplish far more than expected.

This book is brimming with examples of how students flourish under the program, from the schoolroom that decided to form a support network for a student with behavioral issues to the 4th grader who managed to overcome his fear of speaking in public and ended up taking his class fellows to watch him compete in a national story-telling contest.

The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life’s Most Difficult Problems

There are numerous strategies for “conflict resolution,” but the vast majority require compromise, a low-level agreement that halts the conflict without producing new or unique outcomes.

The 3rd Alternative provides a revolutionary way to resolving conflict and creative issue solving, surpassing previous approaches to conflict resolution by establishing a road to a third alternative. 

A third alternative goes beyond your method or my method to a higher and better path — one that enables both sides to exit from debate or even intense conflict in a much better position than they had originally envisioned. 

With the third option, nobody needs to sacrifice anything and everyone benefits.

Covey explains the efficacy of 3rd Alternative reasoning through prime examples and tales from his experience as a consultant. His diverse examples include a Canadian metropolitan police service that transformed a crime-filled community; a judge who helped bring a quick, peaceful solution to one of the biggest environmental lawsuits in the history of America without stepping foot in a hearing room; the headmaster of a high school for children of migrant workers who increased the graduation rate from 30 to 90%; and a handful of little-known individuals who are silently finding new strategies for bringing peace to the Middle East.