Book · 2004 · Character
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
#100 of 16,760 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Starting with the end in mind came out of the business literature by Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and I read his book, I don't know, 20, 30 years ago, and it changed my life in terms of how I look at things.
What they say about it
- Begin with the end in mind“begin with the end in mind”4
- Proactive habit“they are proactive”4
- Bestseller status“bestseller list for like a decade”3
- Important and urgent quadrant“urgent and not urgent and important”3
The best things said about it
Dr. Stephen Covey's book is a great one to read, Clay. It's called The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The number one habit of the seven, the first one, is to be pro that highly effective people are proactive, what John's talking about. They happen to things, things don't happen to them.
Dave Ramsey The Ramsey Show · Apr 2026 The seven habits of highly effective people yes um i read that in my early twenties yeah and i found so many of um the principles in that book what are what are the habits from that one uh seek first to understand than to be understood is one of them you know the notion of proactivity is one of.
It's kind of like uh Seven Habits of Highly Effective People you want to do work that is important but not urgent that's quadrant two in that book.
One of my favorite stories is from Stephen Covey. He tells the story of two tree cutters. The first tree cutter cuts one tree every single day. And in 30 days, he's cut 30 trees. The second woodcutter spends one day sharpening, the next day cutting.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · May 2026 And so, we need to begin with the end in mind, as Steven Cvy said in the seven habits of highly effective people.
Dave Ramsey The Ramsey Show · Mar 2026 Dr Steven cvy wrote a book that was vastly popular for about 30 years it was on the New York Times and on the bestseller list for years and years and years called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
Dave Ramsey The Ramsey Show · Apr 2025 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
20 people who brought it up
- Dave Ramsey7 mentions · 2 recs
Jimmy Wales1 mention · 1 rec- Vincent Pugliese1 mention · 1 rec
- Angela Duckworth2 mentions
- Chris Williamson2 mentions
- Cal Newport1 mention
- Daniel Priestley1 mention
- Dave Mustaine1 mention
- David Grutman1 mention
- David Patterson1 mention
- Daymond John1 mention
- Dr. Bobby Dubois1 mention
Why people recommend it
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is a renowned self-help and motivational classic that outlines a principles-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. On The Ramsey Show, Dave Ramsey frequently referenced the book to various callers, noting its long-standing presence on bestseller lists. He highlighted the first habit of being proactive, explaining that effective individuals make things happen rather than letting things happen to them, and he advised callers to begin with the end in mind when planning ahead or organizing their finances. Similarly, Jimmy Wales named the book on The Tim Ferriss Show as a frequent recommendation that helped him accomplish tasks effectively. In discussions about career management and productivity on ChooseFI and The Peterman Pod, Vincent Pugliese and David Patterson both pointed to the framework presented in the book, specifically the second quadrant focused on tasks that are important rather than urgent. Through these diverse discussions, speakers across multiple podcasts emphasized how Covey's enduring principles continue to offer valuable guidance for prioritizing responsibilities, planning for the future, and taking proactive control of one's personal and professional life.
Every mention
Dave Ramsey And so, we need to begin with the end in mind, as Steven Cvy said in the seven habits of highly effective p… 7
Discussed
“So, there was an old book out years ago that, Dr. Steven Cvy put out and it was made famous because it was kind of like the total money makeover. It stayed on the bestseller list for like a decade... the book was the seven habits of highly effective people”
Discussed
“And it's one of the seven habits of highly effective people according to Mr. CVY, Dr. Steven Cvy. And so check it out. You happen to things instead of things happening to you.”
Discussed
“Let's begin with the end in mind as Steven Cvy would say in the seven habits of highly effective people, right?”
Recommended
“Dr. Stephen Covey's book is a great one to read, Clay. It's called The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The number one habit of the seven, the first one, is to be pro that highly effective people are proactive, what John's talking about. They happen to things, things don't happen to them.”
Recommended
“And so, we need to begin with the end in mind, as Steven Cvy said in the seven habits of highly effective people.”
Discussed
“Dr Steven cvy wrote a book that was vastly popular for about 30 years it was on the New York Times and on the bestseller list for years and years and years called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
Discussed
“Dr Stephen Covey in his book Seven Habits used to talk about are the tree beater”
Jimmy Wales I would say there are two. They're both quite simple in a way as recommendations and quite common, but one… 1
Recommended
“I would say there are two. They're both quite simple in a way as recommendations and quite common, but one one would be Seven Habits of Effective People, which is a classic Stephen Covey kind of motivation, self-help kind of thing.”
Vincent Pugliese it's kind of like uh Seven Habits of Highly Effective People you want to do work that is important but not… 1
Recommended
“it's kind of like uh Seven Habits of Highly Effective People you want to do work that is important but not urgent that's quadrant two in that book”
Angela Duckworth you know maybe this would help clarify the seven habits of highly effective people that we've been referrin… 2
Discussed
“you know maybe this would help clarify the seven habits of highly effective people that we've been referring to this is a book that Stephen Covey first published in 1989”
Discussed
“this is The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People he's written multiple books but yes he talks about Eisenhower's Matrix”
Chris Williamson number two The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey never read it 2
Discussed
“well, it's it's actually quite synonymous with the uh the uh one of the seven habits of highly effective people begin with the end in mind.”
Discussed
“number two The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey never read it”
Cal Newport now we're thinking Wall Street right we're thinking the American uh consumer boomed the economy starts boom… 1
Discussed
“now we're thinking Wall Street right we're thinking the American uh consumer boomed the economy starts booming right and so now you get uh Seven Habits of Highly affected people that's in the 80s”
Daniel Priestley you must know the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Steven kovi he passed away 10 years ago he w… 1
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“you must know the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Steven kovi he passed away 10 years ago he was not some special guy he was a church leader in Utah”
Dave Mustaine Um, yeah, I started very early reading all the self-help books you could get. Seven Habits of Highly Effect… 1
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“Um, yeah, I started very early reading all the self-help books you could get. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, The Way of Peaceful Warrior, uh all those books.”
David Grutman I was lucky enough to have one of the owners of one of the first restaurants I was managing at was a guy na… 1
Discussed
“I was lucky enough to have one of the owners of one of the first restaurants I was managing at was a guy named Bert Rapaort. He made us go to like seven habits of effective people”
David Patterson I think uh on the career side is one of the uh pieces of advice is uh by a he wrote this book the habits of… 1
Discussed
“I think uh on the career side is one of the uh pieces of advice is uh by a he wrote this book the habits of very effective people I think and he has a little quadrant and he divides it of urgent and not urgent and important and unimportant and kind of there's so many things in our technology”
Daymond John uh habits of influential people you know yeah so the seven habits of highly effective yeah 1
Discussed
“uh habits of influential people you know yeah so the seven habits of highly effective yeah”
Dr. Bobby Dubois Starting with the end in mind came out of the business literature by Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly… 1
Discussed
“Starting with the end in mind came out of the business literature by Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and I read his book, I don't know, 20, 30 years ago, and it changed my life in terms of how I look at things.”
Hal Elrod like Robert Kiyosaki's got the cash flow quadrant and Stephen Covey's got the seven Habits of Highly Effect… 1
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“like Robert Kiyosaki's got the cash flow quadrant and Stephen Covey's got the seven Habits of Highly Effective People and I go I don't”
James Sexton You know what's so funny is if I walked into your home and on the table there was, you know, the power of h… 1
Discussed
“You know what's so funny is if I walked into your home and on the table there was, you know, the power of habit by during or the seven habits of highly effective people, I would go, 'Oh, look at look at Stephen. He's still so successful. He's still trying to sharpen the point of the spear. Amazing.'”
Jay Shetty One of my favorite stories is from Stephen Covey. He tells the story of two tree cutters. The first tree cu… 1
Discussed
“One of my favorite stories is from Stephen Covey. He tells the story of two tree cutters. The first tree cutter cuts one tree every single day. And in 30 days, he's cut 30 trees. The second woodcutter spends one day sharpening, the next day cutting.”
Jim Kwik one of my favorite books growing up was my mentor mine dr. Steven Covey wrote seven Habits Highly Effective… 1
Discussed
“one of my favorite books growing up was my mentor mine dr. Steven Covey wrote seven Habits Highly Effective People”
Joel Salatin Stephven CVY in the seven habits of highly effective people, you know, talks about emotional equity. 1
Discussed
“Stephven CVY in the seven habits of highly effective people, you know, talks about emotional equity.”
Pamela Paul it's funny because the sort of predecessor to many of these books seems to be to in certain ways um Seven H… 1
Discussed
“it's funny because the sort of predecessor to many of these books seems to be to in certain ways um Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
Skye Fitzgerald the seven habits of highly effective people yes um i read that in my early twenties yeah and i found so man… 1
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“the seven habits of highly effective people yes um i read that in my early twenties yeah and i found so many of um the principles in that book what are what are the habits from that one uh seek first to understand than to be understood is one of them you know the notion of proactivity is one of”
Stephen Dubner It actually came from an extraordinarily popular book called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by… 1
Discussed
“It actually came from an extraordinarily popular book called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey who was an interesting guy who I didn't really know very much about”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“Dr. Stephen Covey says in the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People that highly effective people, one of the seven habits is they are proactive.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I believe was the book.”
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“Seven habits of highly effective people is on there.”
Passing
“finally Mike attributes the quotation do first things first and second things not at all to Steven cvy author of the 1989 book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”
Passing
“I once had an executive who came and he had read like The Stephen Covey seven habits Highly Effective People he's like well what I'm gonna do is uh first I'm going to seek to understand and then be understood”
Passing
“And for every author that's that's listening, make sure you look at Amazon because the uh relatives of uh what's his face who wrote the seven habits of highly effective whatever, they're the ones collecting checks on that cuz that book is still hitting.”
Passing
“Angela appropriately enough confuses the work with another best-selling self-help book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People which was written by author and businessman Stephen Covey”
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“so Dale Carnegie seven habits of highly effective people”
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“it's like I remember they they gave me the book of um the seven habits of highly effective people”
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“there are a gazillion different you know there's seven habits for highly effective people”