The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families , one of Stephen Covey's most acclaimed books, offers valuable lessons for building and sustaining a cohesive family culture in a turbulent world.
With the same profound approach, simplicity, and practical wisdom that led to worldwide acclaim for The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , Stephen R. Covey now focuses on today's society's greatest concern: the family.
No family is free from challenges, sometimes posed by its own members, sometimes forced upon it by the outside world. In his latest book, Covey shows how the 7 Habits create a powerful framework of timeless, self-evident universal principles that enable family members to communicate about and resolve their problems. He also shows how families can move beyond being mere "problem solvers" to adopting a creative mindset, focusing on the pursuit of goals, with members contributing mutually and meaningfully.
Sharing inspiring, sometimes painful, sometimes funny experiences from his own life and from the lives of many families striving to live these principles, Covey teaches how it is possible:
become an agent of change in your family
create a family mission statement: an engaging and unifying expression of shared values and views
make your family a priority, even in the midst of a troubled world
work together efficiently to arrive at new “third alternative” solutions
shift your focus from mere survival (barely achieved on your own) to significance (making a big difference in your family and the world).
With the clarity and rare common sense that have already won over millions of readers, Covey shows how the principles of the 7 Habits can be used to build the kind of cohesive and loving family that lasts for generations. As Covey says, "When you raise your children, you raise your grandchildren." He demonstrates that building a well-structured family is not a matter of nature or luck, but of choice.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families is destined to become a landmark in the work of family formation, offering a new framework on this subject of global importance.
