Value for Money

Chapter 3Needed: An Enhanced Logic Model

In 1989, Stephen R. Covey wrote the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People^®, which became one of the most important, influential, and best-selling books in history with more than 20 million copies sold [1]. This book is based on much research that defines the journey to effectiveness into seven easy-to-understand habits:

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit 4: Think Win/Win

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Covey built a business around the book to support the implementation of the seven habits. With the acquisition by Hyrum Smith’s company, Franklin Quest, the company evolved into the FranklinCovey Company.

Although Covey expected widespread adoption of these habits, he was surprised that many school systems began adopting them and teaching the seven habits to schoolchildren. The process had been adopted for schools as illustrated by Muriel Summers, principal at A.B. Combs Elementary School, the first school to use the seven habits [2]. As Summers sat among business leaders, she could not help but think, “If children learned the seven habits at an early age, how different their lives might be and how different our world might be.” The following is a synopsis of the seven habits in kids’ language. See if you come to the same conclusion.

Habit 1: Be Proactive. I am a responsible person. I take initiative. ...