Individual -- Courage to Change -- How Could I Waste My Life? -- Moving Out to the Country -- It's Never Too Late to Change -- Living for Today -- My Flower Shop -- My Living Nightmare -- You're Successful ... but Are You Happy? -- A Prisoner's Story -- Seeking Life Balance -- Room 602 of the Oncology Critical Care Unit -- Daddy, I Want You to Be Healthy -- Wednesday Evening: My Time with Mom -- I Looked in the Mirror and Saw a Control Freak -- The Surprise Visit -- Stephanie's Recovery Plan -- Family -- Raising Young Children -- Because ... -- The Head-Butt -- I Can Choose My Life -- Our Family Poster -- I'm Not Going to School Ever Again -- Daddy, I Gotta Go Potty -- Off to Bed! -- Grandpa's Lap -- The Journal -- Raising Teens (Or Is It Being Raised by Them?) -- My First Broken Heart -- Wrestlemania -- Silence Is Golden -- The Worst Game of My Life! -- Soft-Spiked Golf Shoes -- The Destructive Teen -- The Heart-to-Heart Talk I Almost Missed -- You Always Say "No"! -- Ever Tried Communicating with a Sixteen-Year-Old Who Talks in One-Word Sentences? -- Raising Boys on Lawns -- You'd Really Do That for Me, Dad? -- Marriage: Valuing the Differences -- Celebrating the Differences -- SportsCenter -- Love Is a Verb -- The Greenhouse -- My Free-Spirited Husband -- Merging Missions -- Miss Superwasherwoman -- Community and Education -- Building Community -- Brenda Krause Eheart, Founder, Hope for the Children Foundation -- Stone -- The Rabbi -- Leaving a Legacy of Service and Humility -- Synergy of a Coach -- Saving a Historical Treasure -- South Bend, Indiana: Reaching Across Generations to Better a Community -- Back to School -- Sharlee Doxey-Stockdale, Sixth-Grade Teacher, Monte Vista Elementary School -- Facing Tragedy -- Just Cut Through the Bull -- Students: The Customer? -- Just Try Dismissing a Tenured Teacher -- This Classroom Belongs to ... Me! -- Workplace -- Increasing Your Influence -- Ninety Days -- If Looks Could Kill -- I've Tried for Months to Offend You -- Do You Just Not Like Working Here? -- Gossip Addiction -- Managing: Think Win-Win -- Fifty Years of Loyalty -- Be Patient ... They're Learning -- The Million-Dollar Question -- Shape Up or Ship Out -- Closing Down the Plant -- The Troubled Employee -- Bill Phifer, General Manager, Cosmo's Fine Foods -- The Deal Is Off -- Finding the Third Alternative -- Leading Organizations -- Colin Hall, Executive Chairman, Wooltru Limited, South Africa -- Doug Conant, President, Nabisco U.S. Foods Group -- Pete Beaudrault, COO, Hard Rock Cafe -- Chris Turner, Learning Person, Xerox Business Services -- Jack Little, President and CEO, Shell Oil Company -- Michael Bassis, President, Olivet College -- Wood Dickinson, CEO, Dickinson Theatres -- John Noel, CEO, Noel Group -- Sharing Your Story -- Questions I am Often Asked -- Measuring the Impact -- About Franklin Covey Co.

In the ten years since its publication, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has become a worldwide phenomenon, with more than twelve million readers in thirty-two languages. Living the 7 Habits: Stories of Courage and Inspiration captures the essence of people's real-life experiences, applying proven principles to help them solve their problems and overcome challenges. In this uplifting and riveting collection of stories, readers will find wonderful examples of hope and encouragement as they are touched by the words of real people and their experiences of change-change that got them through difficult times; change that solved family crises; change that mended broken relationships; change that turned their businesses around; change that influenced entire communities.