Amazon.com: Living the 7 Habits: The Courage to Change (9780684857169): Stephen R. Covey: Books. So I loved the 7 Habits of Highly Effective people, but I did not like this book. I could barely read 60 pages and I had to stop. There was no new insight or thoughts of his work. He just repeated once again, what he had said in the first book. He needs to cover new territory. I would skip this book if you have read any of his others.