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...Richard Covey, who in 1993 flew to fix the Hubble telescope with...
Throughout high school and until this year, I used the Franklin Day Planner system. In may, Franklin Quest Co. merged with Covey Leadership Centers, creating Franklin Covey Co. In it, I kept scheduling information, notes from various time-consuming activities and my ruminations on topics ranging from plans of study to gift lists...
...family has already succumbed. Covey offers family testimonials, many from the Covey kids themselves, and it turns out--brace yourself--that old pop is pretty terrific. "His idealism," writes his wife in an effusive foreword, "inspires me, the people he teaches and our children; it makes us want to achieve and lift ourselves and others." Not since The Waltons has America seen a family so well adjusted. "We wanted our children to work in school and get as much education as possible," Covey writes. "We focused primarily on learning, not grades, and we hardly ever had to encourage the children...
...little dears! But, you ask, what about the rest of us? The habits are open to all, Covey insists, but if you want to hop aboard, be warned that you will end up talking like this, from an anonymous testimonial that Covey reprints: "With habits 4, 5 and 6, my husband and I are seeking each other's exploration." Or this, from a dad whose daughter had a temper tantrum: "I consciously helped provide her with experiences where synergy really worked. And this enabled her to develop the courage and belief that if she pushed her own pause button...
...have trouble keeping the habits straight in any case. Covey's teaching is, to put it mildly, highly schematic. The 7 Habits begat the three primary laws of love, which are not to be confused with the four primary laws of life. There are four unique human gifts and three common mistakes and...but who's counting? A reader who can hack through this verbiage will realize soon enough that it serves only to obscure old-fashioned notions that have sustained families since they first wandered out of the Serengeti. Think before you speak. Plan ahead...