Q 01/05

Which US president invited Stephen Covey to Camp David to discuss The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?

A) Ronald Reagan

B) George H. W. Bush

C) Bill Clinton

D) George W. Bush

Answer · why

C) Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton rang Covey over the 1994 Christmas holiday to say he had read the book twice, and Covey flew to the retreat three days later.

Q 02/05

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was the first US non-fiction title to sell a million copies in which format?

A) Paperback

B) Audiobook

C) Hardcover

D) E-book

Answer · why

B) Audiobook

The audiobook of The 7 Habits was the first non-fiction audio title in US publishing history to pass a million sales, on top of the tens of millions o...

Q 03/05

Which of Stephen Covey's seven habits comes last, the one about renewing yourself to keep up the other six?

A) Think Win-Win

B) Begin with the End in Mind

C) Put First Things First

D) Sharpen the Saw

Answer · why

D) Sharpen the Saw

Sharpen the Saw gets its name from the idea that dull or rusty tools work far worse than clean, sharp ones, and that people are no different.

Q 04/05

Sean Covey, who wrote the 1998 bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, is what relation to Stephen Covey?

A) His brother

B) His son

C) His nephew

D) His grandson

Answer · why

B) His son

His son Sean simplified the seven habits for younger readers, and the teen edition has sold more than eight million copies.

Q 05/05

The four-box priority matrix in Stephen Covey's Habit 3 is widely credited to which general who became US president?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) Ulysses S. Grant

C) William Henry Harrison

D) George Washington

Answer · why

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower is quoted as saying his urgent problems were not the important ones, an insight he credited to a former college president.