Who doesn’t want to be more effective in life, achieve more at work, or become a more loving and committed partner? Whatever you wish to improve, true results will come only when you change yourself. And the most reliable way to bring about long-term change in your personal qualities is by developing better habits.
Human beings are creatures of habit. Our actions—indeed, who we are and how we behave—are largely shaped by our habits. These habits form our character and, like a force of gravity, pull our behavior in certain directions.
Over the past few decades, most literature on achieving success in business has focused on personal development.
However, according to Stephen Covey, this emphasis is misplaced. He believed that cultivating a healthy character is far more important. Covey was the first to systematically present the key habits that one needs to develop in order to achieve maximum effectiveness in both life and work. Since its publication in 1989, his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" has sold around 25 million copies worldwide.
