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Coveyfansandbooksellersalikewillbedelightedbythiscollection,perfectforJunegift-givingoccasionsanddestinedforalonglife.For10years,theauthor'sfamedSevenHabitsofHighlyEffectivePeoplehasinfluencedcountlessindividualsandorganizationsworldwideAandsoldmillionsofcopies.Concedingthattheearlierbooksmayhavebeenlongontheoryandlightonpractice,Coveyandhisteamculledthousandsoftestimonialsforexamplesoftheprinciplesinaction.Theresultingcollectionofmorethan75truestorieswillsatisfythefullrangeofCoveyconstituents.Thoughthestorytellingisalwaysfirst-person,thefocusisconsistentlyontheunderlyingprinciple,reinforcedbyCovey'scommentary.HandilyarrangedbysituationAwithinindividual,family,community,workplaceandeducationalsettingsAandvaryingindepthandpower,thestoriesofferintriguingandprovocativelessons.Theyaremostlybriefandofteninspiring,butarebynomeanssimplistic;theyreadilylendthemselvestoinformalteachinganddiscussion.Somearedramaticandhardtoforget:awomanfacingadebilitatingdisease;aconvictfindinghismissionwhileinprison.Manyinstructivestoriesdealwithmoreroutineproblems,suchashowtohandleasullenteenagersensitivelyoraccommodatetheneedsofanelderlyrelative.LongerentriesfromexecutivesofShellOil,OlivetCollegeandAlphagraphics,andabouttherejuvenationofSouthBend,Ind.,willappealtostrategicthinkers.ThisisaCoveyclassic.Agent,JanMiller;20-cityTVandradiosatellitetour.