The book is a guide to unlocking personal and professional effectiveness, capturing the seven transitional habits for the aspirational individual on their journey of growth taking one from dependence to independence through self-mastery, finally, to interdependence in excelling within collaborative environments. Proactive behavior, envisioning your ultimate objectives, prioritizing what really counts, fostering mutually satisfying relationships, listening empathetically, creating synergistic teamwork, and perpetually self-renewing make up what the journey is about in the first place. Targeted at empowering the reader to attain grace in dealing with life challenges that might come their way to sustainably live a successful and fulfilling purpose-driven life.One of the best self-help books of all time.