The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Marriage

• “He/she spends money like it grows on trees.”
• “We just don’t have time for each other.”
• “If it weren’t for the children, there wouldn’t be enough in this marriage to keep it afloat.”
• “When am I going to be a priority?”
• “I never feel understood.”
• “I just can’t trust him/her!”

In today’s world, the desire to create a strong marriage and family is not enough. It takes a new mind-set, a new skill-set, and a new tool-set to deal with the challenge. If we are to respond effectively to the changes, our relationships must be grounded in principles of effectiveness.

The principles of the 7 Habits provide a time-tested mind-set and skill-set. Millions of people around the world are using the principles in the 7 Habits to grow stronger.

In this two-CD audio program, Dr. Stephen R. Covey and his wife Sandra – along with his brother Dr. John M.R. Covey and his wife Jane Parrish Covey – offer insights and personal experiences in applying these proven principles to marriage and home.

CD 1 is a live recording of a presentation featuring Dr. Stephen R. Covey and his wife Sandra on the 50 years of marriage.

In CD 2, Dr. John M.R. Covey and his wife Jane introduce the basic principles and practices of the 7 Habits as they apply to marriage and family. John and Jane have taught the 7 Habits all over the world to thousands of people.

There are certain fundamental principles that govern in all human interactions and living in harmony with those principles or natural laws is absolutely essential for quality family life.  Dr. Stephen R. Covey has  watched over the past 50 years how the situation for marriage and family has changed powerfully and dramatically.

Consider the following:

•        Illegitimate birth rates have increased more than 400 percent.

•        The percentage of families headed by a single parent has more than tripled.

•        The divorce rate has more than doubled. Many project that about half of all new marriages will end in divorce.

•        Teenage suicide has increased almost 300 percent.

•        Scholastic Aptitude Test scores among all students have dropped 73 points.

•        The number one health problem for American women today is domestic violence. Four million women are beaten each year by their partners.

•        In the midst of all this, the percentage of families with one parent at home with the children during the day has dropped from 66.7 to 16.9 percent.

The challenge has changed in our society affecting our homes and marriages, so we must develop a response that is equal to the challenge.

The desire to create a strong marriage and family is not enough. We need a new mind-set, a new skill-set and a new tool-set to deal with the change.  The challenge has taken aquantum leap, and if we are to respond effectively, so must we.

The 7 Habits framework represents just such a mind-set and skill-set. Many couples and families are using the principles in the 7 Habits framework to grow stronger and stay on track.

Stephen R. Covey rocked the self-improvement market with his blockbuster guide, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People -- a hit with both business and personal growth audiences that continues to be a top seller nearly 15 years after its first publication.