5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart. Johnny Covey
PRAISE
“In our brain-based economy we too often fail to value powerful lessons from the heart! Johnny Covey’s book can be your instruction manual for a heart-guided life filled with immense joy and purposeful contribution. Read this book; your heart will thank you for what it now gets to do…and, so will your head!”
~Chip R. Bell, bestselling author of Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service
“5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart is a most helpful playbook for anyone looking to proactively make better choices in work and in life. It is yet another winner in the Covey tradition.”
~Doug Conant, Founder & CEO, Conant Leadership and former CEO, Campbell Soup and Chairman, Avon Products
“Johnny Covey’s 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart help us play the game of life by identifying when we are in our head and when we are coming from our heart. Johnny guides us how to do what we know we should do—by changing how we think and feel—and then mentors us how to exercise courage, choose our experience, and become a conscious creator of our own lives.”
~Marilyn McLeod, executive coach and author of Global Mindset Leadership
“Well done, Johnny! 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart is a rare wake-up call in our search for meaning. I found myself compelled to share this book with extended family and friends.”
~Greg Link, co-author of Smart Trust, Co-founder CoveyLink
“I just finished reading Johnny’s 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart. My impression: 5 Habits is a game changer! Having coached championship rugby teams for two decades, I know what a difference “playing from the heart” makes on the field. 5 Habits is the perfect playbook for coaching us to see why we do what we do and how to wisely choose both our responses and our experiences to align what we know and believe with what we think, feel and do.”
~Larry Gelwix, CEO, Columbus Travel, subject of the film and author of Forever Strong
“Stephen R. Covey’s rich legacy of personal achievement has stood the test of time, and only becomes stronger as his son Stephen M.R. Covey and now Johnny Covey help us extend and apply it in their own unique ways. As we all strive mightily to cope with the strange world this new millennium has thrust us into, we must stay in touch with the core of our humanity. The 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart, as Johnny calls them, may ultimately be our only real survival strategy.”
~Karl Albrecht, Ph.D., author of Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success
“Johnny’s profound insights inspire courage to change as you recognize the truth about who you really are—a worthy, accepted and valuable being of divine origin. His way of sharing hits home.”
~Dr. Bradley Nelson, bestselling author of The Emotion Code
“If you want a book that is bone honest, practical, personal and profound, this is it. No sugar coating—just real help for real problems.”
~Scott C. Hammond, author of Lessons of the Lost: Finding Hope and Resilience in Work/Life
“Books on self-development are too numerous to count but occasionally one stands out in its utter simplicity and practicality. If you seek positive change in any or all aspects of your life, you need only read and apply what is outlined in this one book. Yes, it is that important!”
~Susanne Biro, leadership coach and co-author of Unleashed! The Leader as Coach
“This is an extraordinary book that helps you travel the journey from doing to being, from planning to achieving, and from success to significance. It teaches. It coaches. It inspires. You’ll love the substantive content and the substantial treatment on how you can be all you are intended to be. Enjoy.”
~Dr. Nido Qubein, President, High Point University; Chairman, Great Harvest Company
“5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart is the perfect read for busy individuals who can benefit from slowing down, reflecting on their lives, and asking if they are really getting what they want.”
~Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE, Past President, National Speakers Association
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is a classic in the field. Johnny Covey’s new book, 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart, continues the tradition. Johnny teaches us that leadership of self and others is not just about technique; it’s also about fire in the belly, passion, courage, being proactive, getting out in front, leading by example. He reminds us that the ‘think and feel’ of the ‘inner game’ is as important, if not more so, than the outward game of ‘doing’. We forget these lessons at our peril.”
~Ted Prince, Ph.D., CEO, Perth Leadership Institute
“5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart is an invitation to consciously and courageously create positive change in our lives. Like a good mentor, Covey asks the deep probing questions that challenge us to explore future possibilities and make sound choices. His playbook, head-to-heart approach, and personal stories are sure to inspire and motivate change.”
~Lois Zachary, President, Leadership Development Services and author of The Mentor’s Guide
“In 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart, Johnny Covey clearly and simply outlines the principles and plays for creating positive change—and confirms that it all starts by applying our courage—moving from our head to our heart and taking action to reinvent or restore ourselves.”
~Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert, author of COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman, The COURAGE Difference at Work and FACE IT!
“Johnny Covey’s 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart offers a refreshing and compelling framework that illustrates the power of presence, choice and creation that naturally occurs when you align heart, mind and conscious. Masterfully written, Covey calls on us to be introspectively courageous as he skillfully, yet simply, describes the flux and flow between being in the present moment, understanding the nuances between what happens to us in life and our life experiences and making purposeful choices for transformation and fulfillment. The ripple effects of these Habits extend well beyond self, home, and work. They are, indeed, the building blocks that shape and inspire change across communities and the world.”
~Michelle Lopes Maldonado, Chair/President, Northern Virginia Conscious Business Alliance
“While it’s clear that Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits inspired Johnny Covey’s 5 Habits, this original work expands on the life-altering principle of proactivity in a fresh, creative, next-generation way. The entire head-to-heart concept deeply resonates with me, as the subject is indeed close to my heart.”
~James Mapes, bestselling author of Quantum Leap Thinking
“In 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart, Johnny Covey recommends that we proactively choose to respond from the Heart (without excluding the Head). He aptly demonstrates how to trust our Heart and provides creative strategies and practical guidelines for thinking, feeling and doing each Heart habit. 5 Habits is a must read for people wanting to enhance their self-worth and authenticity and build a growth-oriented, meaningful life. Lead from the Heart!”
~Carole Kanchier, Ph.D. psychologist and author of Questers: Dare to Change Your Job and Life
“Johnny Covey’s 5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart is a compact, logical guide to improving interpersonal relationships. The 5 Habits—Be Courageous, Be You, Be Present, Be Restored, and Be a Conscious Creator—offer a self-help framework that apply whenever and wherever human emotions play a major role. While not directly business-oriented, I discovered several areas I could apply Covey’s insights to my work and life.”
~Laura Stack,