Living the 7 Habits The Courage to Change

"To live with change, to optimize change, you need principles that don't change." -- Dr. Stephen R. CoveySuccess that endures -- sustainable and balanced success -- can seem difficult to achieve in today's turbulent, complex world of change. But those who achieve this kind of success live by seven universal, timeless, self-evident principles that apply in any situation, in any culture.InLiving the 7 Habits: The Courage to Change,Dr. Covey shows how successful people have used these principles to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and change their lives. By showing how real people have used the principles to thrive in a changing world, he provides practical guidance and powerful inspiration to readers searching for a proven framework for living a meaningful life.

Stephen R. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, founder of the former Covey Leadership Center, and cochairman of Franklin Covey Co. He has made teaching Principle-Centered Living and Principle-Centered Leadership his life¹s work. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard and a doctorate from B.Y.U., where he was a professor of organizational behavior and business management, and also served as director of university relations and assistant to the president. For more than thirty years he has taught millions of individuals and families and leaders in business, education, and government the transforming power of principles or natural laws that govern human and organizational effectiveness.

Dr. Covey is the author of several acclaimed books, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has been at the top of the best-seller lists for more than ten years and was chosen by readers of Chief Executive magazine as the number one most influential book of the twentieth century. More than twelve million copies have been sold in thirty-two languages and seventy countries. His books Principle-Centered Leadership and First Things First are two of the best-selling business books of the decade. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families is a best-selling family book. Dr. Covey¹s most recent book, The Nature of Leadership, explores leadership principles through interviews and the lens of a camera.

Dr. Covey and other Franklin Covey authors, speakers, and spokespersons, all authorities on leadership and effectiveness, are consistently sought by radio and television stations, magazines, and newspapers throughout the world. Among recent acknowledgments, Dr. Covey has received the Thomas More College Medallion for continuing service to humanity, the Toastmasters International Top Speaker Award, Ernst & Young and Inc. magazine¹s National Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and several honorary doctorates. He has also been recognized as one of Time magazine¹s twenty-five most influential Americans.

Stephen, his wife, Sandra, and their family live in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.

Contents

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK INDIVIDUAL

Courage to Change

How Could I Waste My Life?

Moving Out to the Country

It's Never Too Late to Change

Living for Today

My Flower Shop

My Living Nightmare

You're Successful...but Are You Happy?

A Prisoner's Story

Seeking Life Balance

Room 602 of the Oncology Critical Care Unit

Daddy, I Want You to Be Healthy

Wednesday Evening: My Time with Mom

I Looked in the Mirror and Saw a Control Freak

The Surprise Visit

Stephanie's Recovery Plan

FAMILY

Raising Young Children

Because...

The Head-Butt

I Can Choose My Life

Our Family Poster

I'm Not Going to School Ever Again

Daddy, I Gotta Go Potty

Off to Bed!

Grandpa's Lap

The Journal

Raising Teens (Or Is It Being Raised by Them?)

My First Broken Heart

Wrestlemania

Silence Is Golden

The Worst Game of My Life!

Soft-Spiked Golf Shoes

The Destructive Teen

The Heart-to-Heart Talk I Almost Missed

You Always Say "No"!

Ever Tried Communicating with a Sixteen-Year-Old Who Talks in One-Word Sentences?

Raising Boys on Lawns

You'd Really Do That for Me, Dad?

Marriage: Valuing the Differences

Celebrating the Differences

SportsCenter

Love Is a Verb

The Greenhouse

My Free-Spirited Husband

Merging Missions

Miss Superwasherwoman

COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION

Building Community

Brenda Krause Eheart, Founder, Hope for the Children Foundation

Stone

The Rabbi

Leaving a Legacy of Service and Humility

Synergy of a Coach

Saving a Historical Treasure

South Bend, Indiana: Reaching Across Generations to Better a Community

Back to School

Sharlee Doxey-Stockdale, Sixth-Grade Teacher,

Monte Vista Elementary School

Facing Tragedy

Just Cut Through the Bull

Students: The Customer?

Just Try Dismissing a Tenured Teacher

This Classroom Belongs to...Me!

WORKPLACE

Increasing Your Influence

Ninety Days

If Looks Could Kill

I've Tried for Months to Offend You

Do You Just Not Like Working Here?

Gossip Addiction

Managing: Think Win-Win

Fifty Years of Loyalty

Be Patient...They're Learning

The Million-Dollar Question

Shape Up or Ship Out

Closing Down the Plant

The Troubled Employee

Bill Phifer, General Manager, Cosmo's Fine Foods

The Deal Is Off

Finding the Third Alternative

Leading Organizations

Colin Hall, Executive Chairman, Wooltru Limited, South Africa

Doug Conant, President, Nabisco U.S. Foods Group

Pete Beaudrault, COO, Hard Rock Cafe

Chris Turner, Learning Person, Xerox Business Services

Jack Little, President and CEO, Shell Oil Company

Michael Bassis, President, Olivet College

Wood Dickinson, CEO, Dickinson Theatres

John Noel, CEO, Noel Group

SHARING YOUR STORY

QUESTIONS I AM OFTEN ASKED

MEASURING THE IMPACT

ABOUT FRANKLIN COVEY CO.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR