This book was a true publishing phenomenon in the early 1990s, and its success is well deserved. Stephen R. Covey managed to reformulate an ethical and moral tradition thousands of years old and make it relevant to a lay readership of the twentieth century. You will find most of the ideas in this book in the writings of Aristotle, Cicero, St Benedict J. Tillotson and their heirs. Covey adds a few references to psychology, a science of the twentieth century, and several references to Viktor Frankl, a sage who survived the Holocaust. All presented in the form of a dynamic program comprising steps of American look easy but require mostly a good dose of self-discipline. The result: a manual of personal development rather useful and worth reading. getAbstract believes that most readers can learn from this book, even though some may find it a little too familiar and informal style. Also, if the advice given raise membership, their practical application can seem more complex than it seems.