Covey, Stephen - 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families精品文档.doc

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families CONTENTS A Personal Message Foreword by Sandra Merrill Covey You’re Going to Be “Off Track” 90 Percent of the Time. So What? Habit 1: Be Proactive Becoming an Agent of Change in Your Family Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind Developing a Family Mission Statement Habit 3 Put First Things First Making Family a Priority in a Turbulent World Habit 4 Think “Win - Win” Moving from “Me” to “We” Habit 5 Seek First to Understand .?.?. Then to Be Understood Solving Problems Through Empathic Communication Habit 6 Synergize Building Family Unity Through Celebrating Differences Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw Renewing the Family Spirit Through Traditions From Survival .?.?. to Stability .?.?. to Success .?.?. to Significance Notes Glossary About the Author About Franklin Covey Company 7 Habits Diagram and Definitions A PERSONALMESSAGE Dear Reader, Never in all my life have I had such a passion for a project as I have for writing this book—because family is what I care the most about, as I imagine you do also. Applying the 7 Habits material to the family is an absolute natural. It fits. In fact, it’s where it was really learned. You’ll sense this when you read the marvelous stories of how families of every kind share how they applied the 7 Habits and what resulted. I’m also sharing a lot about me and our family—how we’ve tried to apply it and also how we’ve blown it. Every family situation is unique and different. So is ours. But in many ways every family is similar. My guess is that we struggle with many of the same kinds of problems and day - to - day challenges you do. One of the personal dilemmas I have in writing the book is just how much to share of our family stories, mistakes, and achievements. On the one hand, I don’t want to sound as if we think we have all the answers. On the other hand, I don’t want to hold back from sharing where my heart is and where I have really learned the remarkable power of the 7 Habits. I’ve asked Sand