Author Stephen R. Covey proposes a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach to tackling personal and professional challenges in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey shows a step-by-step approach for living with fairness, honesty, service, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the knowledge and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates—with deep insights and pointed anecdotes.