The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey published his framework for principle-centred living in 1989 and it sold 40 million copies in 40 languages, becoming the defining productivity and leadership text of the 1990s corporate era. Its lasting contribution was distinguishing between the urgent and the important, and between the character ethic and the personality ethic — a distinction that reframed how executives and managers thought about both professional effectiveness and personal integrity. It remained on the New York Times bestseller list for years and is required reading at hundreds of business schools worldwide.