Lourens van Wyk

Covey’s book is a not only a practical guide to better habits but changes your perspective on how your choices, both in physicality and mentality, can change your path for the better or the worse. Often, we do not even realize what our habits are. We simply carry on with life without thinking about some of our choices. But reading Covey’s book bring both your personal habits and professional habits under examination and reveals the characteristics that shape our interpersonal relationships and therefore also our careers. The first three habits are all classified as by Covey as Private Victory, these three habits help you to take control of your personal life first. Once you learned how to grow in your personal life you can move on to habits four, five and six which is classified as the Public Victory habits. These habits are about becoming a better leader or manager and teach you to inspire the people around you to become better themselves. The final habit encourages the reader to practice (as Covey calls it) self-renewal. It is only by taking care of your physical, mental, spiritual, and social self, that enables you to effectively change the other habits. Covey’s book is insightful and practical and a must read for anyone who wants to become a better version of themselves.