7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families (Paperback)  | Released: 04 Jan 1999

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families is an invaluable and practical guidebook that offers brilliant insights, and a holistic approach, based on the author's acclaimed principles, for solving problems confronting families and communities in the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families is a path breaking book that aims to build ‘effectiveness’ in families through its primary theme of creating and maintaining a sound, value-based family culture, based on integrity, fairness, service, and human dignity. In the modern world, families face turbulence owing to a number of challenges and problems, which could be both internal, or external. This book, with its philosophical and practical approach based on eternal universal principles, offers astute wisdom and clear insights, that guide families in solving their issues, from the most mundane, to the extraordinary. Emphasising the 7 habits made popular in his previous bestselling book, the author attempts to apply these same principles, to the family unit - a cause of grave concern today. In The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families, the author, a father of nine children himself, provides firm grounds for creating positive and meaningful relationships within the family, through consistent interaction, open dialogue, resolution of differences, and problem solving. The book, no less than a parenting guide, reinterprets his famous 7 habits, including Be Proactive, Synergise, Think Win-Win, etc., in a way that they can be applied to solving parenting and family related problems, which is the first step to improving families. The book advocates working towards a mindset which can help family members contribute jointly, while achieving their own goals. The book offers many perceptive insights, suggestions, and techniques for improving family effectiveness, which include, conducting regular family meetings, writing family mission statements, balancing individual and family needs, spending quality time through one-on-one sessions, being committed to moving from ‘me’ to ‘we’, aiming for interdependence rather than ‘dependence’, and the importance of keeping promises. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families presents several personalised anecdotes involving the author’s family, as well as interesting and inspiring stories from his own life, and exercises to demonstrate his concepts, giving hope and direction to millions, for enhancing the strength of their family base. A best selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, is considered a pathbreaking manual for solving personal and professional problems related to families. About The Author:Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, businessman, author, and motivational speaker. He was best known for writing the books, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems. Born on October 24, 1932, Covey was an MBA from Harvard University, with a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University. He helped establish the Covey Leadership Center, which later merged and became FranklinCovey, a global professional services firm. A highly respected leadership authority, teacher, family expert, organizational consultant, and bestselling author, Covey died on July 16, 2012, due to injuries resulting from a cycling accident.