The Herald of Good Habits is no more.
Stephen R. Covey, author of the bestselling motivational book " The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died on Monday(16th July, 2012) at an Idaho hospital from injuries he suffered in a bicycle accident in April, family members said in a statement. He was 79.
Covey, a former professor at Brigham Young University in Utah, founded an executive training center in Salt Lake City that merged in 1997 with Franklin Quest Co to form FranklinCovey, a leading provider of time-management seminars and publications.
The essence of “human-potential guru” Covey’s message might have been unremarkable. But, as he famously said once, “ What’s common sense is just isn’t common practice.”
Steven Covey called his seven nuggets of knowledge natural laws, like gravity. He should know, Covey himself cam up in Life scripting his own fate. A promising atheletic career was cut short by degeneration in his legs, causing him to use crutches for three years ass a teenager.
The mantra of his life is best captured by this quote – “If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find the definintion of success.”
Covey sold more than 20 million books in 38 languages and had four titles that each sold more than 1 million copies.
Steve’s Seven Habits.
1. Be Proactive.
2. Begin with the end in mind.
3. Put first things first.
4. Think ‘win-win’.
5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
6. Synergise.
7. Sharpen the saw; that is , undergo frequent self-renewal.
His books –
The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People: Restoring the Character Ethic(1989).
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness(2004).
Seven Habits for Highly Effective Families(1997).
The Leader in Me (2008).
First Things First.
The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life’s Most Difficult Problems.
Principle Centered Leadership.
You can Make it Happen.
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