“The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People”, by Stephen Covey, published in 1989, is a step-by-step guide to complete the development of your life and your career or profession, a highly recognized book in the zone of self-help and self-development. The path to achieving effectiveness is built from seven habits which start from mental self-control, learning to work as a team, knowing how to communicate, and reaching the habit of constant improvement. The book makes clear its opposition to the search for quick solutions to internal or serious problems, making us understand that they never work in the long term. Also, the book through anecdotes, from the author and from people he has worked with, and practical exercises, Covey guarantees and facilitates the creation of habits in our daily lives. The book offers wisdom through its quotes from the author himself, for example.
“Sow a thought, reap an action; Sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.” (p. 46).
Stephen Covey’s book today remains a highly regarded book that provides lasting habits for a balanced and principled approach to success, inner happiness, creating and implementing good habits into our daily routine, and continued self-improvement.