The 7 Habits of the effective people by Steven R. Covey is a book that has been in my home since I was little. Listening to my mom's point of view of every habit and watching her using each habit has been a great example not only to read the book but to see someone having resulted from these habits. It is hard to only choose one habit because all of them are very important but I will base my selection on the stage in my life and what I need to implement more to reach my goals. First things first are the habit that has more meaning to me now. I am proactive because I created my own business and it has been working since 2010 and I have a clear goal of where I want to take this business to the next level. The wonderful advantage of this era is the information all around us and sometimes is too much to take to a plan because now I am confused by the step-by-step process. This habit that I will work on will allow me to start planning the daily process to move on to the next step. Also, in the 7 habits, Covey mentions the private and public victories. According to this then I am very close to having the private victory once I get this step into place and form a habit out of it. Then my public victory is when I win and so everyone else around me and for that, I need more time to work on. I think that the 7 habits can be used in any situation in our lives and I can see how mastering every habit someone can feel complete in their search to achieve goals in professional or academic areas.

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