![]() Rather, it is facing the reality of certain circumstances and choosing a positive response to them. To be certain, proactivity is not merely positive thinking or maintaining an optimistic attitude until conditions improve. Proactivity constitutes Covey’s first habit for an important reason: the following six habits depend on the development of “proactive muscles” and puts the responsibility on the individual to act. But the overall concept of developing your personal habits is truly how I think you will eventually manage to create long-term success in your own life. Reading Covey’s book might guide and inspire you as well. Personally developing the right habits are how I have achieved many goals in both business and my personal life. I especially think the 7th habit of renewing yourself in the physical, spiritual, and mental dimensions are core to maintaining and developing yourself and other habits. For me it has always been one of those best-selling that I never got around to reading. I was initially excited about finally reading this book. ![]() GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE In 1989, he wrote and published The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which spent the next five years on numerous best-sellers lists and has today sold more than 25 million copies and translated to more than 40 languages. Covey earned a doctorate in religious education from Brigham Young University, where he completed a thesis on success literature in American history. Covey was born on October 24, 1932, on an egg farm just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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